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Originally Posted by Redddog
Drives me nuts how they're allowed to do this.
The National building in Old City was an unbelievable example.
It was historically protected and they got around that by promising to reuse the exterior tiles. Then they declared that the tiles weren't sound (after they forcibly removed them) and promised to use something "similar."
Then they razed they building leaving nothing but a barren lot. And finally, they walked away crying money.
How does this happen?!
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In that case, it was clearly an empty (or broken) promise. The site plan's promises strongly suggested to me that they would give the 2nd street face a façadectomy.
On the Uni City High site, there is no good reason for maintaining the old school buildings. They weren't placed efficiently which precluded reuse, and they would be empty anyway. I'm disappointed that the handsome little International Style school on the west side of the site got razed (that would've been a good reuse IMO) but otherwise uCity Square is a land bank until the Science Center can "get around" to developing the site.