This is a good example of waht happens to civic buildings when they are not well taken care of.

This is what the building used to look like.

http://ye-olde-owl.tripod.com/prince_george

I wonder if the poor folks of the day planted those nice trees, and even protected them, thinking that the "grove" was going to be there for the next 200+ years .......

"Live for today, for tomorrow may never come" has been a motto of mine for a long time ......

;-)

I don't think the city of Prince George has the money to save heritage sites it would be better to sell the building to someone who does and if no one wants it I guess that would decide its fate.Us tax payers can't do it all we want schools,hospitals and roads first.

I agree 100 % with fedup. Who wants to pay for an old building they will never set foot in. Would the city like to go back to the old city hall? We have a great small city here. We can stay up to date because we are small. Note the traffic contolled lights and auto garbage collection larger citys can never implement without a phenomonal amount of money and effort. These are positives and a big improvement to this city. Our population and size is such that we can implement changing for the better. I say if there is no buyer----adios. Lets get on with the so-called 'golden era' instaed of the 'cobweb era'.

Take a lot at the picture posted by Owl and then comment as to whether it should be preserved in its' original state. Education in the 1930's should be preserved as a musuem so our grandchildren can walk around and appreciate how bare bones buildings were then. No gymnasiums, no libraries and yet parklike setting and a magnificent structure. Lots of good grads came out of that school, let's honour them.

Mike says: "I say if there is no buyer----adios. Lets get on with the so-called 'golden era' instaed of the 'cobweb era'. "

I agree. Let's use the money we save on future upkeep and fire/liability insurance and put it where it will do the most good NOW!

Diplomat; Do you just want to be a "cobweb"?

Foo738:
"Diplomat; Do you just want to be a "cobweb"?"

No.

There is nothing special about the old KGV school to preserve, although some people may have fond memories of it.

The 1922 picture ought to be preserved for posterity - that is sufficient, I think.

The Hubble Homestead was/is worth preserving, in my humble opinion, cobwebs and all.

Cobwebs can be very beautiful!

I agree Diplomat. Cobwebs can be beautiful especially when the sun shines through them or raindrops get caught in them. I guess I see the beauty in treasuring our heritage as well. I don't think it is a matter to squabble over but it is good to listen to one another. Cheers

I've walked past this building for the past 5 years on my way to work. One would never know that there were those in the community who cared about the condition, the maintenance or the appearance of this building.

It has been neglected, boarded up, vandelized and ignored by the public the whole time. I expect the cost to repair, maintain and insure this building has far exceeded the usefulness of it's ability to provide regular use.

If the users and the local nostalgia buffs were more visible and showed more care in this building over the years, we would'nt be having to make this decision now.

The reality is, it needs a huge amount of money spent on it to bring it up to code for any type of use. We don't have the money or the support to hang onto this piece of property when there are so many other more important places that need our resources first. Percy

I do not think one should be pointing the fingers at the public. Anyone who has fillwed the saga of KGV over teh past 10 or so years would understand that the community association has pushed the School Board to keep the building.

However, the School Board has for all that time never had in their minds to keep it, thus it stopped spending money to maintain it properly.

I think you are pointing at the wrong group. The public does not own this, SD57 does.

SD57 elections are non-events. There are never any issues. No one pays attention to them.

If they were not on the same ballot as the municipal elections, the turnout would likely be at least half, if not less, of that normal for Council election.