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

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Great piece. I think she, naturally, may not fully understand the purpose of preserving old buildings and the merits in doing so, but she has great points by mentioning how it's often an elitist process and goal. She also says what I think more people should be saying: we desperately need more homes, affordable (or obtainable, as she puts it) or otherwise, because one of the core issues in our national housing crisis is a lack of obtainable homes. There just are not enough.

Protect what we can, but also build what we can and do not let elitist attitudes get in the way.

And her point is that the interior (of a private building) is not visible or accessible to the public -- so why is that more valuable to the residents of the city than the community arts space?

Yeah, exactly. Whether it's this or beautiful concert hall, her point seems to be that it's important to balance value. A venue she may never get a chance to enter outweighs one she and all members of the community could utilize.