03-20-2015, 03:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-20-2015, 03:30 PM by panamaniac.)
I was just checking on-line and I couldn't find this one (130 Victoria St. S) on either of the list of designated or non-designated properties.
Edit: Re you last comment, BuildingScout, reasonable people can differ about the heritage value of a particular structure. In the case of Kitchener, which even its biggest boosters would have to admit is never going to win any beauty contests, I have sympathy for the preservation of structures that reflect the City over its history (and no, not in every case). We could, of course, just tear everything down and build new structures, but what would that mean for the city's "texture" (not sure if that's the right word)? If I am correct that this building is not on the Heritage Register, then better minds than mine have decided that it doesn't merit being there. That doesn't prohibit me from feeling that its loss, if that were to occur, would be unfortunate.
Edit: Re you last comment, BuildingScout, reasonable people can differ about the heritage value of a particular structure. In the case of Kitchener, which even its biggest boosters would have to admit is never going to win any beauty contests, I have sympathy for the preservation of structures that reflect the City over its history (and no, not in every case). We could, of course, just tear everything down and build new structures, but what would that mean for the city's "texture" (not sure if that's the right word)? If I am correct that this building is not on the Heritage Register, then better minds than mine have decided that it doesn't merit being there. That doesn't prohibit me from feeling that its loss, if that were to occur, would be unfortunate.