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Originally Posted by WestsideLA
I guess the question is does building a new ER / Trauma Center, Cancer Hospital, Children's Hospital, and Adult Hospital count as a gross reuse of the property?
It's pretty hard to build something new in a densely populated city like Chicago without something else coming down.
I do agree with the general point that historic architecture should be preserved and not be torn down indiscriminately.
The University claims that some of those apartment buildings it bought were in much worse shape than the owners alleged. As I recall the University claimed some of the buildings had beams in the basement that were at risk of collapse, since they 100+ years old and poorly maintained by the owner.
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Every one of these old buildings has "beams in the basement that put it at risk of collapse", but when's the last time you saw one collapse?
Never, because they aren't actually at risk of collapse. These buildings all sit on old heavy timber beams that are inevitably out of code by modern standards. The city inspectors force you to replace them with steel any time you renovate.
This is a bullshit excuse by UofC. Basically they are saying: "this is an old building and is obviously out of code".