Despite the historical significance of what was lost it's just STUFF and not human beings (although I believe that one firefighter was injured, unless I've heard that wrong?).
Agreed there. Stuff can be restored....human lives cannot. As long as we have records we can still remember the place. Never been there ( actually I have never left Ontario.....except to Prince Edwards Island a couple times ) and hope to see it at some point in the future.....restored or not.
This morning on the walk to my store I remember seeing a cathedral type building placed in a windows of a Lawyers office. Looked to me like one of those Hallmark buildings that they used in their Christmas display ( this lawyers office has the ENTIRE collection and always displays them at Christmas time...quite beautiful as they light up and are animated as well ) and I remember them having the Notre Dame Cathedral in that display....I bet that is the same thing they have in their window now.