Who owns a property once it is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

 "The site is the property of the country on whose territory it is located, but it is considered in the interest of the international community to protect it for future generations. Its protection and preservation becomes the concern of the World Heritage Community as a whole." Buildings and landscapes in Canada that should be protected by the United Nations agency UNESCO. Immediately. 

1.)  The Dominion Observatory Campus, Carling Avenue, Ottawa Ontario. Municipal politician Riley Brockington told Ottawa Citizen reporter David Reevely that he could not guarantee the preservation of the Dominion Observatory. The building is modeled after Greenwich, England's Royal Observatory which is protected by UNESCO.

Dominion Observatory campus Ottawa in 1966. Building Number 4 is called the South Azimuth, and it will be flattened so that Maple Drive can be widened---to handle the traffic generated by a new medical centre.

2.)  1,000 federal lighthouses that were abandoned by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

3.)  The Village of Portsmouth, Kingston, Ontario. The following properties, all constructed by prison inhabitants using limestone, are endangered:

Kingston Penitentiary

Prison for Women, 40 Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard - sold to a developer who is converting the prison into condos and commercial space; and constructing residential towers on the 8-acre greenspace.

Church of the Good Thief, King Street 

Rockwood Asylum and the surrounding 100 plus acres of land. - The real estate arm of the Ontario Provincial Government, the Ontario Realty Corporation, is selling the properties.

Penitentiary Water Tower - Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard.

Isabel MacNeill Halfway House for Women.

Corrections Canada Museum, King Street - a filming location for "Alias Grace", adapted from a Margaret Atwood novel.

The tunnel connecting the Kingston Penitentiary and Prison for Women.

4.)  Dominion Buildings that housed Canada Post, Manpower, Canada Customs, the RCMP, and many other government agencies and departments.

5.)  Railway stations.

6.)  The former Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway hotels including the Chateau Laurier.

7.)  Wellington Street properties across from the Parliament Buildings, Ottawa.

8.)  Old Toronto City Hall, 60 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario - In 1979 I was a witness when friends of mine were married in this building. During the 1960's there were plans to demolish the city hall. It may be converted into a museum.

An April Fool's joke. For now.