I was astonished to read recently (the Star June 11, 2007) that Toronto's barley surviving 1929 CPR John Street Roundhouse was to be turned into of all things a gaudy Leon's furniture store.
One could only have hoped that an important historical asset like the roundhouse would have been brought back to life in a more historical context, but no, valuable tourist dollars were traded for “buy now pay next year” furniture sales. Why? Apparently because Leon’s is about to celebrate in 2009 its 100 anniversary as a family business so locating it a rare and priceless roundhouse from the 1920’s seemed to make the most sense to council!
As with our waterfront, now to with our roundhouse, lets give the our tourists condo’s and furniture stores to visit while we collect a few bucks on property taxes. Council, this isn’t the way to build the city of the future.
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