Chronamut
Active Member
This feels suspicious - let it burn or collapse due to neglect , then build some entirely modern soulless monstrosity on the entire plot.
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TheHonestMaple
Active Member
It's the drug addicts roaming the city. The build fires inside this abandoned buildings for heat or cooking. It has happened numerous times around the city in the past year.
ILikeHamilton
New Member
So if it's insured, they just got the insurance company to pay for demolition.
Branden Simon
Senior Member
The former Rebel Rock pub deemed unsafe and to be demolished
From TheSpec
https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilt...cle_7419e618-7377-5694-a5fc-91da93bfdb20.html
I did copy an article and paste it from the website
A vacant King Street East building that once housed Rebel’s Rock Irish Pub and was damaged in two recent fires has been deemed unsafe and needs to be demolished.
Last week, the City of Hamilton received an engineering report submitted by the owner of 537 King St. E. that, after review, led the city to deem the building unsafe and in need of demolition, Rob Lalli, the city’s chief building official and director of building, said in an email response to questions from The Spectator. That order was issued Nov. 14.
The building, which dates to the 1890s, has been on the radar of Hamilton’s municipal heritage committee for several years. It is on the register of places with heritage interest, but has not been designated under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Soon after The Spectator published an article noting some of the heritage features on the exterior of the building that advocates want to preserve, some of those features, including terracotta, disappeared. This caused concern among heritage advocates who didn’t know who had removed the features or why.
On Thursday, the city clarified that its heritage staff were on site Nov. 13 “to document the property owner’s removal and salvaging of exterior features to protect against further damage,” Lalli said. Without a heritage designation, approval was not required for the owner to alter the building.
It’s not clear what will happen with those features, or when demolition will occur.
From TheSpec
https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilt...cle_7419e618-7377-5694-a5fc-91da93bfdb20.html
I did copy an article and paste it from the website
A vacant King Street East building that once housed Rebel’s Rock Irish Pub and was damaged in two recent fires has been deemed unsafe and needs to be demolished.
Last week, the City of Hamilton received an engineering report submitted by the owner of 537 King St. E. that, after review, led the city to deem the building unsafe and in need of demolition, Rob Lalli, the city’s chief building official and director of building, said in an email response to questions from The Spectator. That order was issued Nov. 14.
The building, which dates to the 1890s, has been on the radar of Hamilton’s municipal heritage committee for several years. It is on the register of places with heritage interest, but has not been designated under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Soon after The Spectator published an article noting some of the heritage features on the exterior of the building that advocates want to preserve, some of those features, including terracotta, disappeared. This caused concern among heritage advocates who didn’t know who had removed the features or why.
On Thursday, the city clarified that its heritage staff were on site Nov. 13 “to document the property owner’s removal and salvaging of exterior features to protect against further damage,” Lalli said. Without a heritage designation, approval was not required for the owner to alter the building.
It’s not clear what will happen with those features, or when demolition will occur.
Chronamut
Active Member
Man there are a LOT of demolitions in the past year or so.. the church across from copps, this one, tivoli, the jurvinski one and the ones in gore - very bad news for the history of our city, all to be replaced by boring bland rectangles.
d.tho
New Member
Disappointing stabilization is not considered. The fires were at the rear of the property and the heritage aspect is at the front.
Branden Simon
Senior Member
Former Rebel Rock Pub demolition is well underway (via Hamilton Neighbourhood Watch on FB)
Chronamut
Active Member
*plays mournful trumpet theme while another icon goes down*
IamNotaRobot
New Member
Rubble rock