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Originally Posted by Drybrain
I think it's generally a bit of both.
Certainly in Toronto, which I'm most familiar with, developers just tend to default to restoration. Some old buildings are thoroughly restored, inside and out, and form the streetwall/retail space at the bottom of towers, like this and this.
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The first example is pretty questionable - it probably looked fairly ordinary the day it was built, but the other two are obviously worth saving.
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And sometimes developers plan to demolish, but the city steps in and says "uh-uh." Here`s an instructive example similar to the Doyle Block situation--non-registered buildings nonetheless worth saving. (The difference is that in the case of the Doyle Block, the Halifax buildings to be demolished are more worthwhile than the Toronto buildings being saved.)
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Uh, yeah. I mean, come on. That thing is just begging to be knocked down. I would fight this strenuously if I was the developer.