A historic building in its Chinatown won’t be demolished until concerned groups are given an adequate opportunity to save it, Lethbridge council says
The Manie Opera Society building was heavily damaged in January in a fire that destroyed the historic Bow On Tong building.
A city council motion on Wednesday sought approval to demolish it, but members of the city’s Chinese community in attendance said they haven’t been consulted on the matter.
Council voted 6-3 to give concerned parties two weeks to meet with the building’s owner and search for a way to save it, as a result,
That doesn’t mean that the Manie Opera Society building is guaranteed to remain standing.
The Manie Opera Society was built in 1907.
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