ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoTrudeau proposes way forward on 24 Sussex problem during final days in powerwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
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minus-squareValueSubtracted@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI think it might be asbestos-free now - they’ve spent the last few years gutting the place. But yeah, I don’t think I’d support tearing it down, despite the fact that the house itself supposedly isn’t considered architecturally significant.
minus-squareSturgist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoArchitecturally significant and historically significant are totally different things. It was offered as a PM residence for less than 100 years, but it’s almost 160 years old, and that should count for something in and of itself.
I think it might be asbestos-free now - they’ve spent the last few years gutting the place.
But yeah, I don’t think I’d support tearing it down, despite the fact that the house itself supposedly isn’t considered architecturally significant.
Architecturally significant and historically significant are totally different things. It was offered as a PM residence for less than 100 years, but it’s almost 160 years old, and that should count for something in and of itself.