Today’s Chronicle-Herald repeats its long-standing lie about the proposed Waterside Centre development:
It all started after Premier Rodney MacDonald criticized city hall for rejecting a six-storey office tower addition on top of buildings that Armour owns on the corner of Duke and Hollis streets
That’s simply not true. The development proposal calls for tearing down the existing buildings, and building a new nine-storey building in their stead. It’s true that some of the existing facades will be incorporated into the new structure, but no honest person would characterize that as an “addition on top of buildings.”Don’t take my word for it; read the development proposal yourself:
The proposal is to redevelop the properties into a single 9 storey retail/office building with underground parking. All of the existing facades, except for 1870 Upper Water Street (Sweet Basil Restaurant), would be incorporated into the new building.
Reporting that Waterside will be built “on top of” the heritage buildings suggests—falsely—that the heritage buildings will be preserved. They won’t be. None of the new building will be “on top of” anything other than bedrock.Of course, the Chronicle-Herald is free to editorially support tearing down the buildings, but they’ve crossed an ethical line when they mischaracterize the facts of the proposal.
This article appears in Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2008.
It’s a very fine point you’re trying to make and in any event, it is hilarious to take the CH over such a minor issue when one considers the source of the comment. The Coast cannot even be considered a legitimate journalist’s venue given its proclivity towards left-wing commentary within its so-called news coverage.
Finially the truth is written regarding the demolition of these buildings. Thanks Tim
Finially the truth is written regarding the demolition of these buildings. Thanks Tim
Finially the truth is written regarding the demolition of these buildings. Thanks Tim
Why is Tim always trying to make a scandal out of nothing?