On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Cuyler Page wrote:

> But, maybe its just Canada.  National news on the radio today is that the
> 9th Floor Restaurant in Eatons Department Store in Toronto has been declared
> an "Historic Site"    Eatons is much in the news at present since it just
> declared bankrupcy a few days ago and is selling off everything.   Picture
> the good old 9th Floor Restaurant being preserved on stilts after the rest
> of the building is gone.

That won't be necessary.  Historic listing or designation does not offer
any protection to buildings in Ontario.

A Toronto city planner told me that they'd *like* to be able to protect
historic buildings, but the province won't allow it.

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
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