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Originally Posted by Addick
So instead of refurbishing, re-adapting, or incorporating them into a new structure we should just get rid of them because it did not work out in a few areas and most likely due to neglect?
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Are you implying developers haven't done so with good examples? What about
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+ the york hotel which was preserved and will be incorporated into bow#2?
The reality though is that Calgary was not an architectural hotbed for daring or interesting design at the turn of the century. Should we really try and preserve what in many cases is derivative mediocrity? The Herald building is a prime example of what was maybe at one time a slightly interesting building but the recladdign and renovations made it a generic 1960s brutalist shell. (And my understanding is the original building was so deterioriated in the 60s they couldnt preserve much anyway).
Do you want to save our 1950s style soviet bloc parking garage with apartment on top style buildings too?
I want to call the TV show hoarders and get them to chat with some of the folks in historical preservation societies. Not every building needs to be saved. Sometimes people slapped up ####ty buildings and just because its a century old ####ty building, doesnt make it any less ####ty.