To the editor:
Re: “Letter: Implement demolition ban,” June 11.
Fiona Lam’s letter struck a chord with me because after having served as a volunteer on the City Heritage Committee for seven years, I realized that the mayor was not interested in the heritage of our beautiful city.
The Heritage Commission urged him to update the heritage registry because we were worried about the loss of so many historical houses in our city, but to no avail. He was more interested in supporting densification and developers. Even though two thirds of speakers at the city hall Oakridge meeting were against the plan, the mayor and Vision rubberstamped the application. Then last week the city refused to protect the 1898 Legg House from being demolished, but protected the tulip tree on that property. Is an ancient tree more important than the historical heritage of our city? Fiona is correct, we need to protect what heritage we have left in all parts of our city, not just Shaughnessy.
Megan Balmer,
Vancouver
