Circa 1877 (née Brick Brewery) | 20 fl | Complete

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The Brick Brewery building will one way or the other be part of this development. There is no way the City could stand the embarrassment of allowing the demolition of one of Waterloo’s very few remaining historic Uptown anchors. Even recent converts to architectural conservancy in the form of the Brick and Beam Workforce would be crying “Foul”.

Really? Waterloo's demolished so many historic buildings, what's one more? I mean: city hall, the Canbar buildings, most of the Seagram buildings, the entire west side of King Street, and most recently the old Waterloo Bedding Co building on Allen St. I don't see anything inevitable about any historic preservation in Kitchener-Waterloo.

And while I like the building and want to see it around, I don't see what's particularly valuable historically about the building.