First I've heard of this but it explains the demolition permit requests for the buildings currently on the property.
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Proposed hotel near campus stirs controversy
http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/artic...rs-controversy
A local architect and members of a historic zone advisory board are at odds about a proposal to build a hotel near the UA.
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Kozachik said he thinks the council has to sit down with the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation and with the West University Neighborhood Association to talk about the possibilities of designing a hotel in a way that preserves the historic properties rather than demolishing them.
“[The developers] got a real significant uphill battle on this one from the standpoint of process if they’re going to come in and propose that they’re going to demolish any or all of those homes,” Kozachik said.
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While the buildings are probably important to some people, Vint added, he hopes people will also become attached to the hotel if the proposal passes.
“Tucson needs to continue to grow and change,” Vint said. “It is not 1935 anymore; everything around these buildings [has] changed, and now it’s time to improve.”
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Wonder what the material is on the side of the building. Regardless, I'm sick of seeing exposed floors.