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Originally Posted by Beaudry
So as regards this post (truncated a bit above for brevity) -- I was there last night, and am disconcerted by the fencing. I mean, this is such a great and important bit of remaining Central City West that we must fight to keep it from vanishing. This could be demo fencing, or this could be necessary for the total reroof/repaint/historically accurate windows & et cetera it's about to get. Right? Anyone know something?
Note that, in the image below, near every possible opening that could be open, is. Now, maybe they have to air out the place because they're using chemicals to strip paint, or something. But an open-air edifice allows ingress to a lot more than just pigeons; it was unsavory characters who got into the Castle & Salt Box and lit a fire. Heck, I was in a suit and I coulda vaulted that fence in two seconds without mussing myself.
According to the Assessor, the three (contiguous) buildings are 1895, 1907 and 1903. If anybody has the wherewithal to hunt down what's happening here, its address is (litany of addresses are) attached:
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So to follow-up on my post from June 2014...
...I wish I had something good to report, but I most certainly do not. In fact, the Google Street View from the very same month:
From what I can determine, the gabled house facing Ingraham is 1895, and the turreted part furthest south is 1903. The center part connecting them is 1912, put up by Clara E Holt and designed by the Architectural Designing Company. Here it is, going away:
Here's what I don't get—the demo permit was taken out by a company called Lucas Lofts, LLC. Did they build lofts? No—they put in a parking lot. Which I suppose is charmingly retro in a 1952 sort-of-way. But it's the 21st century and we're supposed to be more enlightened that that. Right?
Not to mention, I can't go ten minutes in this town without somebody going on about the lack of housing, much less the lack of affordable housing, and these guys thew a 10,000sf, 19-unit Victorian/Edwardian showplace in a landfill for surface parking? With the blessing of all the attendant civic bodies? Well whoop-de-dee.
I suppose it's understandable—here's our girl, upper left, and you can certainly see the
absolute dearth of surface parking nearby:
