https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...3c0d4.html
https://archive.ph/00bvS
I have a major beef with heritage protection and how it uses public power to NOT serve the public - and I think this recent issue in Cambridge is a great example. Have we built anything worthy of "protecting" since we came up with post-war zoning and heritage legislation?
What is the purpose of municipal government if it does not prioritize things that benefit the public? How many projects like this die quietly without ever getting a headline?
It's clear (to me) that lots of our neighbours think that losing parking + old brick facades would be worse than the current reality of losing an entire young generation without housing + the elderly becoming bankrupt and dying alone.
https://archive.ph/00bvS
I have a major beef with heritage protection and how it uses public power to NOT serve the public - and I think this recent issue in Cambridge is a great example. Have we built anything worthy of "protecting" since we came up with post-war zoning and heritage legislation?
Quote:A heritage designation for the entire former Golden Years nursing home building could have cost Cambridge 256 long-term care beds.
Cambridge council instead voted to only designate the exterior of the property at 704 Eagle St. N., while removing the proposed designation for its interior to make way for a service the city “urgently needs.”
Following the decision, however, Mayor Jan Liggett told council it was a “sad day for heritage in the community.”
The decision came after a delegation from peopleCare Communities, the Waterloo Region-based long-term-care provider looking to redevelop the site into a modern 256-bed long-term-care home.
What is the purpose of municipal government if it does not prioritize things that benefit the public? How many projects like this die quietly without ever getting a headline?
It's clear (to me) that lots of our neighbours think that losing parking + old brick facades would be worse than the current reality of losing an entire young generation without housing + the elderly becoming bankrupt and dying alone.
local cambridge weirdo