Kingston, Ontario and the loss of federal properties.

The Portsmouth Olympic Harbour -  The Portsmouth Harbour was owned by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Then the Ontario government bought the land and gave it to the City of Kingston, after the 1976 Olympics. But there were conditions: "The City of Kingston agreed to take over responsibility for the maintenance at the end of the Olympics, and said it would be open to the public as a park." They lied. (Kingston Portsmouth Harbour - Opportunities and Constraints, page 18/140.)

  Petition-Save the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour Greenspace and Character "The park land owned by the city should not be sold for condo/residential development. WE DO NOT WANT TO GIVE UP THIS GREAT WATERFRONT PARK TO DEVELOPMENT."

Properties that will be sold and converted to housing.

• Isabel MacNeill Halfway House, 525 King Street West.
• St. Helen's Complex, 440 King Street West
• Stone Gables, 462 King Street West
• Kingston Penitentiary "Selective demolition of the Main Walls can provide entrances for automobiles and buses."(City of Kingston Projects-Kingston Penitentiary and the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, page 74,)
•  The South Workshop is facing demolition to make way for high-rise condos. "The South Workshop, also known as building C-1 to C-6 at Kingston Penitentiary is an impressive 19th century, industrial building with a temple facade and a Greek cross plan. The solid stone building is made up of four large wings radiating from a central rotunda." Parks Canada. 

  

  The South Workshop appeared in an episode of Murdoch Mysteries.

  
  
  
  
  

Kingston buys prime waterfront land from federal government for a token sum of $2." billhutchins Global News.

"Marina City would cover the site of the old Canadian Locomotive Works and adjacent areas, some of which are owned by the federal government. The project would include some 750 apartments in three towers, townhouses, shops, offices, a hotel and a convention centre and a marina. A total of 1,300 underground parking spaces are provided. (Architecture Canada newsmagazine, July 20, 1970 page 5/10.)

"Kingston developer to buy Marine Museum Property." Kingston Whig Standard.

The Kingston Pen condos.

"At least one perimeter wall at the Pen will be demolished to facilitate views of Lake Ontario; and the guard towers knocked down if they get in the way of residential construction" (From: Kingston Visioning.)