A 4-year battle royale has multiple participants engaging in a fight to the finish over the fate of this century mansion on Wellington Crescent. With all the twists, turns, double-crosses and high-flying rhetoric that is expected of a headline pay-per-view event, we await the outcome of a court decision that will either see the building stand as a symbol of the power of the people or replaced, with the land used as dwellings for future residents of the property.

A city hall that, having taken both sides at one time or another, will be waving the flag of the future, and progress, or the flag of heritage, and the past.

For a building that is said to be beyond repair and un-livable, it remains to be seen what the opponents of its demolition can offer in the way of funding the restoration, rehabilitation and raison d'etre. While the developers push the city to live up to its commitment to see the property redeveloped.

We will be following up with opinions and information from both sides as this match shapes up into a winner-take-all, royal rumble for all the marble (sic)!