Monday, July 15, 2019

Larco demolished an Arthur Erickson-designed home.

Graham House in West Vancouver, British Columbia was created by award-winning Canadian architect Arthur Erickson. Warren Beatty and Julie Christie lived in the house during filming of the 1970 movie "McCabe and Mrs. Miller". Larco wanted to build condominium towers on a former government property on 1 Front Street, Toronto Ontario. The Dominion Building is next to Union Station. Federal buildings and infrastructure lose heritage protection when they are privatized, for example:
The Canadian National Railway hotels that are now owned by Fairmont---Chateau Laurier, Ottawa;  Jasper Park Lodge, Alberta; Hotel Macdonald, Edmonton; Hotel Fort Garry, Winnipeg; Hotel Vancouver, British Columbia.
Hundreds of CNR railway stations.
1,000 lighthouses that were divested by Fisheries and Oceans Canada a few years ago.
Dominion Buildings- in Almonte, Ontario; Lethbridge, Alberta...the list goes on.
Bridges- The Mackenzie King and Laurier Avenue bridges that span the Rideau Canal were divested to the Municipality of Ottawa.
Historic buildings on the Sparks Street Mall in Ottawa no longer exist, because a developer constructed a condominium.


1 Front Street West, Toronto.

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