[AlexBozikovic]

The St. Lawrence/Old Town Neighbourhood is more new than old. If we're looking at Yonge to Parliament and the railway to Richmond or Queen....

Saying it's intact simply isn't right.

Indeed it’s true that about 100 good Victorian and Edwardian buildings were demolished along Front Street East, mostly in the postwar era. The three most significant buildings here – the cathedral, St. Lawrence Hall, and St. Lawrence Market South – are extant. So is almost all of the housing.

We’re still talking about widespread demolition in less than 5% of old Toronto.

In talking about the lost city, everyone always returns to the same dozen buildings, including the board of trade.

As an author of a book on lost buildings I can confirm that the postwar demolitions here were not unusual.

Back to the point: one can make aesthetic arguments for heritage preservation of individual buildings. But to say that it’s important to save a house for historic reasons, even a decent Victorian like the one at 441 Adelaide, is IMO harder to defend.

 

[jmi22]

Are you referencing a market study?

He is operating off of vibenomics

 

[J Martin]

Disappointing to see the four brick townhouse facades are not being retained. Peter Clewes wastes no opportunity to take the easy route. This replaces the sense-of-place heritage with utterly disposable, ugly kit-built spandrel/glass.

 

[Paclo]

Heritage REFUSAL. https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/pb/bgrd/backgroundfile-256423.pdf

This refusal recommendation has now been adopted by council