Q Condos (20 Queen St N) | 34 fl | Proposed

[dtkmelissa]

I don't understand the value in saving a building just for the sake of saving it - when most people never has access to this space. What's the point of saving it if it's essentially locked away from most of us? When this was being discussed (last year?) some delegations made a big deal about the fact that once (in 2016 I think) for one day this building was open to the public for Doors Open. But other than that, most people have never been, nor ever will be in this building. I'd rather see it used to house people (while saving and reusing as much as they can).

Not sure I see the relevance, in a heritage context, although demolishing a heritage structure guarantees that the public will never have access to it.

I suppose I was questioning the community benefit of 'heritage preservation' in general, when the community can't even access those spaces. But yes, I'm not surprised by the decision of the heritage committee as this is exactly the kind of thing I suspect this committee was created for.