I presume the city will recover all of this expense and more at the tax sale. Kind of ironic these financial geniuses at Commonwealth couldn’t wouldn’t cut a cheque to do it themselves.

A part of me is sad to see all these old buildings go away.

I agree PG101.. to bad the owners let them get in such bad shape they have to be torn down.

Hmm,a jerry can of gas, and a match. Seems like good training for the Fire Department. But I guess there are protocol’s

So if you go to the city website, under real estate service, No property is listed for sale, but you can contact them if you would like to buy a piece of city owned property. Seems like why even have that dropdown page than.

Houses built before 1978 likely contain lead based paints even though organizations such as Sherwin-Williams brought the dangers to the attention of painters in 1904.

Sort of like radon. Takes a long time to change. Even then there is not a 100% certainty of exactly what the conditions have to be to make it dangerous.

Dealing with lead based paint in existing buildings is simikar to dealing with encapsulated asbestos such as that found in VA (vinyl asbestos) floor tiles. The problem becomes that when the material deteriorates, the asbestos fibres and the lead in the paint begin to get airborne and thus become part of the air we breathe. Removal can be dangerous and should be done by professionals equipped to remove such materials and properly dispose of them.

Both can be covered up with othere materials. The lead paint, if it is relatively intact, can be painted over or wallpaper applied. The tile can be covered with sheet vinyl, laminated flooring, wood flooring, etc.

As far as the building goes otherwise, it is hardly an architectural wonder of its day, so its removal is not a big loss.

You can view the city owned properties on their GIS based PGMap, but not everyone has the computer capacity to access it. They should put that info on the real estate page just in case someone wants to buy the civic centre, swimming pool, city hall, etc. :-)

I thought Commonwealth is still in court over all this property transaction and the role of NDIT. If that is the case, then they would not want to touch it and simply sit back and let the City do what it wants to and deal with the consequences in court.

editor’s note:
The court case between NDIT and Commonwealth Campuses does not involve this property. The loan was repaid with interest on time.

What about the birds that live in the sign, where will they live now?

pgborn, they will probably sue the city for insufficient notice on terminating their tenancy, and WIN

Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 @ 9:14 AM by pgborn with a score of 2

What about the birds that live in the sign, where will they live now?

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Knowing this city, they’ll hire a couple of people full time to help relocate the birds.

Thought this here building was one of them heritage buildings. Anyone know when it was built? Seems late 40’s style.
Was it used as the Canada, Mac, Astoria flophouse?

by Grizzly2
Canada, Mac, Astoria
Grizz, I thought all of those hotels were flophouses!

Those three names bring back a lot of memories, a few more names from those days:
how about Johnnys Supper Club, Prince George Hotel, the Premier, the Cue Pit (3rd & George, can’t remember the previous name) another pool hall on George between 5th & 6th, not to mention a few other memorable places downtown like the Outrigger, Lotus Inn, Purple Latrine, Europe, Columbus, National, Croft (at least the Croft still maintains its’ status as a bar!)

Thanks.

metalman.