By Pepper Parr
October 27th, 2023
BURLINGTON, ON
What do the people of the city want to retain in the way of their cultural heritage?
The City is spending a significant amount of money to decide what can be retained and working out ways to actually retain properties.
Set out below are 25 properties that are to be studies.
There are a reported 200 properties on a Registry – these are those that the City wants to study.
Are they worth studying?
We aren’t experts – the issue as the Gazette sees it is – is the public fully informed and are they “involved” in this process.
And should the public be involved – why not just leave it to the “experts”.
The properties are identified by address, the ward they are located in and when they are believed to have been built.
Something to keep in mind is this is all private property.
Study them like the Dakota Mill at Cedar Springs and Adam Fergusson’s Woodhill farm on the escarpment, both historically significant but abandoned and lost to arson?