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Originally Posted by McBane
These buildings are definitely handsome and obviously old. But it appears they were never considered historic on their own merits until the demolition permit was obtained. Not a fan of this approach. On the other hand, I'm glad they were preserved simply because I'm not convinced a tower would have been imminently built.
There has to be a happy medium between ad hoc preservation to stop development and allowing builders to demolish first and then get their financing and everything else in order later.
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I think it’s simply that not enough buildings worthy of preservation have been nominated yet. Anyone in the city can nominate
any property for preservation as long as they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it meets one of the reasons for being preserved.