The Government of Canada supports UNESCO's Heritage Emergency Fund.

     "We recognize the role that heritage plays with regard to identity, cultural diversity, peace and security, as well as the importance of international cooperation to preserve it..." The Honorable Melanie Joly, Canadian Federal Minister of Heritage, in the year 2017.

UNESCO Heritage Emergency funds are provided to already designated World Heritage Sites that are at risk, because of urban development, weather conditions, vandalism...

1.) The UNESCO Historic City of Vienna - endangered because of new high rise projects.

2.) The UNESCO Liverpool-Maritime Mercantile City - endangered due to the proposed redevelopment of historic docklands, called Liverpool Waters.

Liverpool Waters, a massive redevelopment of the city's waterfront, that will probably never get off the ground because of the city's designation as a world heritage site.

    Either the entire city of Kingston, Ontario or the Village of Portsmouth should be proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site. That will save the Pen from being flattened.
And the beautiful murals depicting angels, clouds and unicorns that were painted on the Administration Building vestibule walls were probably whitewashed.
 The City of Kingston, Ontario already has a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Kingston Fortifications:
Fort Henry
Fort Frederick
the Murney Tower
the Shoal Tower
the Cathcart Martello Tower

One of the nightmare scenarios for The Big House.

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Mahatma Gandhi once said:
        "A nation's culture resides in the hearts and the soul of its people".

Kingston, Ontario is known as "The Limestone City" where history meets innovation. Queen's University, Fort Henry, the Royal Military College, the Martello Towers, the limestone Prison for Women and The Big House and many other buildings and complexes are part of the city's DNA, it's heart and soul.