The three buildings up for demolition are at 227 to 237 St. Patrick Street, just west of Dalhousie Street.
The three buildings up for demolition are at 227-237 St. Patrick St., just west of Dalhousie Street. A city committee voted to allow the demolition of century-and-a-half-old Lowertown buildings that are in an advanced state of decay and hotbeds of drug-fuelled "chaos."
City staff told council's built heritage committee on Tuesday that all are in "very poor condition" and beyond saving. One has buckling walls and is at risk of structural collapse. She watched police "swarming" the site, with rifles pointing at one of the buildings, in a large drug bust last fall. She said she's seen people injecting drugs and crawling through the trash to treat overdoses with naloxone.
The buildings are now boarded up, but neighbour Janet Thompson Mar says people are still finding ways to get in. "Those of us living in Lowertown see these losses as the result of relentless pressure by some property owners and developers to demolish Lowertown's built heritage for profit. Year after year we are experiencing a steady erosion of the historic character of our neighbourhood," he said.While he didn't contest the engineering report, he blamed the decay on a "do-nothing approach" and "woefully inadequate" interventions by the city.
"The city's response should make it clear that there must be consequences for demolition by neglect," he said.A motion from Rideau-Vanier Coun. Stéphanie Plante, who represents the area, took a step in that direction.
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