just a wee segue to add to your very interesting in-depth report.
When 'a mall development' in Kitchener, Ontario was putting down roots in downtown Kitchener (decades ago) they needed the space the one hundred year + (and gorgeous) city hall was sitting on. A secret deal was struck with the city fathers. It was going to come down by hook or by crook. A university professor railed against this in the student newspaper and this went........nowwhere. Down it came. And that 'mall development' today? I think bankrupt.....what a waste.