Raise the Hammer

why wouldn't every other property owner in the city line up with a building permit in hand and demand the same treatment?

It's a desperate solution from citizens that would hopefully allow us to save these buildings now, with a push as discussed in new articles on this topic, to ensure we start going down our existing list/add to it, and start designating buildings.

I would contribute to a Indiegogo fund now. If we don't need the money raised in the end to save these buildings, perhaps this fund could become something like our own Citizen Heritage Future Fund. Maybe if we would have had the money when the Board of Ed building was for sale to buy it ourselves, we could have taken matters into our own hands as a citizen board of this fund, to allocate some/all of those funds to save Board or privately owned buildings.

Should we need this fund? Maybe not as yourself and others have questioned here, but why not have it handy for those desperate times. Board of Ed, Sanford Ave, Jimmy Thompson, etc. I'm tired of these decisions being made for us with such poor excuses. The Board shouldn't need some huge building anyway. Put board employees in all these empty schools and put decision makers right in the thick of education and help save walkable schools. Jimmy Thompson might be another as it silently disappears from renderings of the new stadium district. It was built for the 1930 British Empire Games in an area we are continuing that blocks sports heritage in building the new stadium on the same site. Why would you demolish a building in such great shape that recently had half million in code upgrades, with such a rich history in both the building and it's namesake, just because it's not accessible? What's the cost of making it so?

The biggest issue is the discussions don't really seem to be happening.

How about Delta? Are we going to be fighting the same fight when that goes empty and up for 'auction'?

Comment edited by lawrence on 2013-07-10 12:46:18