Heritage Society Not Happy With Langley City

City Council's decision to tear down the 93-year-old Langley Prairie heritage school has the Langley Heritage Society upset, reports the Advance. From the story:

"It's a real shame," said Langley Heritage Society vice president Mike Frost, "that the City was not interested in protecting this incredibly important landmark."

Society representatives are "saddened and appalled" by the demolition which began June 23.

A few years ago the Heritage Society drew up a list of what it considered historically important buildings within the City and gave a list to the municipality. The society contends the City did nothing with the heritage list and is questioning why the school couldn't be saved and reused, for possibly an arts centre.

"The society "fears that the destruction of Langley Prairie School takes the City of Langley one step closer to creating an anonymous, faceless cityscape, unconnected to its history and indistinguishable from any other place," said a press statement from the heritage group.