{"id":42045,"date":"2025-02-04T17:16:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42045"},"modified":"2025-02-04T17:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:16:34","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-historic-university-of-saskatchewan-building-slated-for-possible-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42045","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Historic University of Saskatchewan building slated for possible demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lutheran_Seminary_Saskatchewan_13899428879_by_Daryl_Mitchell_commons_wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lutheran_Seminary_Saskatchewan_13899428879_by_Daryl_Mitchell_commons_wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lutheran_Seminary_Saskatchewan_13899428879_by_Daryl_Mitchell_commons_wiki.png 466w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lutheran_Seminary_Saskatchewan_13899428879_by_Daryl_Mitchell_commons_wiki-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lutheran_Seminary_(13899428879).jpg\">Lutheran Seminary<\/a> by daryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A building on the University of Saskatchewan campus that has been an eyesore for a few years, so the historic building is slated for demolition as historians want officials to rethink the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>CTV News writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lutheran Theological Seminary sits on the riverbank on the University of Saskatchewan campus. Built in the late 1960s and pushing 60 years old, there is a plan in the works to demolish it for several reasons. However, because of its architectural significance, some don&#8217;t want that to happen\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018\u2019\u2019it would take significant work and money to bring the building up to code. Sarjeant doesn&#8217;t buy that, saying refurbishing campus buildings is common and worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/saskatoon\/article\/historic-university-of-saskatchewan-building-slated-for-possible-demolition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Lutheran Seminary by daryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A building on the University of Saskatchewan campus that has been an eyesore for a few years, so the historic building is slated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42045\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,18,229,29,230,16,65],"class_list":["post-42045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-demolition","tag-heritage","tag-opinion","tag-planning","tag-refurbishment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42047,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42045\/revisions\/42047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}