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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 8/1/2011 - 2:00am
Sorry, I'm all for historic preservation, but really don't mind if this one gets torn down!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 8/1/2011 - 2:00am
How ugly....
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 8/1/2011 - 2:00am
Love what they've done with the place! UGH.
Submitted by Michael Bacon (not verified) on Tue, 8/2/2011 - 2:00am
Something I've learned in years of watching historic reuse -- it's often very hard to see the possibilities for a building initially when looking at it in a dilapidated, unused state. This building is architecturally equivalent to most of the buildings on the main block of 9th Street, which no one would suggest tearing down now. It has significantly more architectural detail than the building that now houses Vin Rouge did when George B. got a hold of it.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 8/2/2011 - 2:00am
It would be a great improvement just to rip out the vinyl siding and put windows back into those openings. That building still has life left!
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