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Originally Posted by JET
Anyone who thinks that neglected old buildings require demolition, I refer you to the UK series Restoration Man.
I often think back to the wood framed Greenvale Apartments that was just east of Greenvale School, Sobeys made the case for demolition by listing a number of serious safety issues, which included a missing 9 volt battery in a smoke detector. No wonder the building had to go. The lot has been an overgrown mess for about 20 years. It was a nice old building.
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I have to agree. It appears to me that Dalhousie had one intention in mind when it purchased it, and that was not to save the building. I find it unfortunate that these older buildings do not receive more respect than they do in Halifax.
I recall the Greenvale Apartments from my youth. I actually delivered newspapers there when I was a kid (imagine that, a kid delivering newspapers... seems almost unimaginable today), and I recall that there was a lot of nice woodwork inside the building. It's a shame that it wasn't kept as it was a nice example of an older multi-unit building, that doesn't really exist much around here anymore.
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