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It's all over but the crying. The local historical community is mourning the loss of an "important part of Weston" as a two-storey home on John Street, built in 1871 by a respected reeve of the time, was flattened in a mat- ter of hours to make room for future development on the site. "I just think it's a terrible shame, an awful shame," lamented Marg Moss- man, president of the Weston Historical Society. "It's done and gone, I guess." The house at 14 John St. was built by Jacob Bull, "a real somebody in the Weston area," said Florence McDowell, Home demolition angers residents So that's it! Besides its age, Alderman Bob A bulldozer spent most of the next McLean said later, "There's nothing day clearing the six-foot high mound of that particularly historic" about the splintered wood and plaster. A small building itself, constructed in a board garage at the back of the lot, built in and batten style withastuccoed exterior. 1861 before Bull left the country to The Bulls were one of Weston's foun- ding families, she noted, and Jacob spent 23 years on Weston Council and was a reeve for eight. But York City Council in February decided against declaring the home at 14 John St. a historic structure. chair of York's Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC). "At 12:30it was there. At 4:30, one of the (society) members happened to be going by and it was gone. It (was) just a heap of wood ," she said. The developer, Lixo Investments Ltd., took possession of the property March l, said the company's lawyer, Stephen Thom. The home was demolish- ed the next day, and there was no warn- ing, said Mossman. ** Etobicoke w I “says no to ‘i "iuttdatr_ [ shopping: . Page 8 _. _, . _1lr?:tiiiiji_-__-r1l._(i)- __-,',')--'-",' -'-,,,: FRWCi%'oP2's . , i'i'iBi"tiititEii'ie, . 'irti 36'" t"s'5s?prsk; wril'ctij1)ttge_ga'iai' EWS, Mrti? tgag,', 1'iaiEE gym?) 9 .. ”haw-W35.” . . I ,yr*$§§§wiy%»%* "ee5t' ;. rstiilaaiii'iti%E 'rt, c'k'i.t' 3 V %iRW&tfX 'i,q'iiiEii, Eik5FS "iEgi'tiiigiiiiiiiii travel for the next 10 years, was then demolished. "I was so sorry; , could hardly believe it," said Ashbourne. "I can understand the economics, but you need these visual reminders of this community." Mary Lou Ashbourne, a member of the historical society and LACAC, said she heard the "sound of a buzz-saw of them cutting down trees" when she went out for lunch that day. She didn't realize it was coming from 14 John Street. a $9 _ 'q ," a 32rii CONTINUED ON PAGE 2...