A shelter made of plywood and metal has been up for weeks on an uptown street to protect passersby from possible debris after bricks fell off the top half of an old building.
It happened on July 31, and Property Manager Bob Morgan tells CHSJ News they put up scaffolding the next day in front of 196-198 Princess and a mason cleaned the rest of the loose brick from the building.
Because it falls in a heritage area, Morgan says he had to wait until the next Heritage Board Development meeting to get a heritage permit. Now that he has one, he's hoping work will start next week and take three weeks to complete.
They think water got under the eaves-troughs over the years which deteriorated some of the brick work and caused it to fall. Nobody was hurt.