Thursday, March 20, 2008
Chronicle Herald moving
Posted by Tim Bousquet on Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 6:55 PM
In the next few months---probably in June---the wrecking balls will take aim at the Chronicle Herald building on Argyle Street. The permits have been issued, and all thats standing in the way of demolition of the hulking, brutal, city-killing monolith is the papers move to new digs.
So, whats to become of Argyle Street? No firm plans have been announced, but everyone involved, including the sites owner and city staff, is saying all the right things about a building with street-level retail, human scales and interesting facades.
Certainly, its a wonderful opportunity. I fear, however, that our architects and builders are only now relearning skills they lost 100 years ago. Its good that people are talking about all the right things--- consider me a big fan of New Urbanism---but itll likely take a bit of trial and error to get it right. Thats no reason not to start, of course.
But in terms of urban identity, whatever we gain in the way of physical changes on Argyle Street, theres a countervailing loss in having the Chronicle Herald offices move out of downtown and into the Manulife building by the Rotary. Reporters and editors of our now-only daily newspaper will be that much more removed from the day-to-day life of the city core. That distance cant help but be reflected in the papers news coverage. Well all lose as a result.
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