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Old Posted Sep 1, 2015, 2:45 PM
MikeNigh MikeNigh is offline
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Originally Posted by MusicMan84 View Post
Basically - the building was built by an African American lawyer in 1935 after his current office space had been non-renewed and he was turned away from other Class A Office options on the basis of his skin color.

So...it isn't just the facade that is under consideration.
Are we just using any reason what so ever that we can find to hold philly construction back? How does this matter if absolutely no one knows this is the reason the facade was kept.

Seems like we should start getting to the point where we prematurely destroy anything approaching 100 years old so it doesn't become a historic hold back / blight.