Sunday, December 9, 2018

The Rockwood hospital in Kingston Ontario will either be sold or re purposed.

 Rockwood was built by Kingston Penitentiary inmates to house individuals who were too mentally ill to be locked up in the pen. Canada's history no matter how depressing should be respected. Demolishing or converting a House of Pain is terribly disrespectful; the hospital should be a museum or a teaching centre devoted to psychiatric, philosophical and psychological studies.

The City of Kingston has already put its stamp of approval on the massive redevelopment of the Provincial Campus, where the hospital is located. Public open houses are nothing more than a sham. Do you really think that Infrastructure Ontario or Crown corporations care about suggestions from the general public? The yellow post it notes are probably thrown in the garbage. 

The Village of Portsmouth will have to fight the behemoth organizations that are invading their community. Write letters to your Federal Member of Parliament and MPP. Hire lawyers and consult heritage preservation organizations.
The Don Jail in Toronto was nearly demolished, now it is a filming location for the television program "Suits".























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