"All eight of the buildings which the Heritage Commission would like to see added to the Heritage Registry were constructed prior to 1947"

AND none of those eight buildings have received any attention since 1954. Bring on the wrecking ball. Actually, maybe we could bring the Amphibex back to do the job. I would pay to see that . . . LOL.

What a dump!

We should attempt and support to restore the area before it gets to the point that it does sit at the level most have in their minds... Many of those buildings have housed establishments running (albeit in some cases better) minimum standards allowed to stay in business since before PG was established.
Renovations and improvements had to be made throughout the decades to maintain minimum level. when they slipped, Events like fires and other disaters cleaned them into the dusts of time.
A push for this historical plan would bring the up to modern historic luster standards and return them to the prestige seen in earlier days when Prince George attracted good people to stay and have a drink.
This will also save downtown in the long run by attracting many new tourists seeking history as we enter the second decade of the millennium! See you there in the future no mater what develops!

If we couldnt keep.

(1) South Fort George School
(2) Baron Bing School
(3) Fanny Kinnys house in South Ft George
(4) King George the 5th School
(6) Cameron St., Bridge

etc; etc; etc; Then why would we want to keep these dumps???????

At best they are flop houses.

How embarrassing! That is shocking and just plain lame...the croft - nice! we were at the achillion on thursday night w/ a window view of the action coming out of that charming establishment - a fight broke out, it has lime green naked ladies. I hope the city will start taking some action to make these holes better. It's no wonder that the downtown is such a dump...we are now stuck w/ these hell holes! I hope they burn down - it's the only way they will ever be gone! The city should be embarrassed. What a joke!!!!

How embarrassing! That is shocking and just plain lame...the croft - nice! we were at the achillion on thursday night w/ a window view of the action coming out of that charming establishment - a fight broke out, it has lime green naked ladies. I hope the city will start taking some action to make these holes better. It's no wonder that the downtown is such a dump...we are now stuck w/ these hell holes! I hope they burn down - it's the only way they will ever be gone! The city should be embarrassed. What a joke!!!!

the astoria has been bought by the prov. govt. and will soon be renovated and used for subsidized housing....what`s wrong with that guys? I`d like to see all our old hotels utilized in this way.

"none of those eight buildings have received any attention since 1954"

The National was probably the first place in the City that saw a major investment in the interior renovation of a facility that turned much of the downstairs into the Ironhorse Pub. I think it was something in the order of $300,000 which was unheard of some 25 or so years ago when that facelift took place.

The popularity of the pub was right up there prior to the arrival of UNBC until shortly thereafter.

The BX followed soon afterwards with a new building and a relatively expensive inerior. From then on there were few pubs built which were not just holes-in-the-wall.

That was eventually followed by a major renovation of the restaurant to become the Ironhorse Bar & Grill which had a level of decor seen in very few restaurants in this City. They were trying to make an establishment at a level similar to Ric's Grill, I would say.

I think location, location, location was the main factor they were not able to overcome.

Heritage Building: ancient structure no longer meeting contemporary structural or safety standards that may or may not have historical significance designated as historical by an arbitrary group formed of citizens with too much time and money on their hands and no real idea of how to actually do something useful or positive for the community.

These are the same people that want a PAC, another city owned and operated golf course, or flowers on every light pole.

Time to knock down The BC Legislative buildings and put up something much more contemporary that will draw crowds from all over the world to see how a progressive province works.

A lot to be said for that.

There is also a lot to be said about keeping the buildings and other older buildings.

Makes life interersting to debate the philosophy, the value systems associatied with such "memorial" buildings and the technical facts.

Loki's words, on the other hand, are a direct attack on citizens, who unlike Loki, have lots of time on their hands to volunteer their time for nothing in areas which interest them.