[ChiPlanner]

Originally Posted by Rizzo

I’d take any opportunity to preach for preservation, but salvaging the Michigan Ave building wouldn’t be appropriate. Along the spectrum of qualifying structures, it’s pretty minimal. We’ve lost countless valuable 19th century industrial and residential buildings with intact details and accommodating floor plans that should have been saved or incorporated into new development. At the same time, there’s plenty of just “old” non-vernacular, mundane buildings that seem to avoid redevelopment. Had the city enforced its survey and ban any construction or alteration to contributing structures, buyers would simply move on to the other 99.5% of eligible properties for replacement in the city.

^This