Patterson Apartment Building is coming down.

sheclown · April 22, 2011, 04:16:22 PM

Quote from: johnnyroadglide on April 22, 2011, 10:33:19 AM
Someone needs to do a Public Records request to COJ to found out exactly what the building was cited for.

Preservation SOS has that. Iloveionia can probably post it later.

Bativac · April 22, 2011, 05:17:53 PM

Jacksonville. At some point they'll just hire a guy in a bulldozer to go around Springfield, with a guy in front of him pointing and shouting "THAT ONE... THAT ONE... THAT ONE, TOO..."

I keep thinking of the story my dad told me, of going back to see his grandmother's house a few years ago, to find that nothing was left except the front steps.

And to go see the building downtown that his dad was born in, only to find that it had been torn down.

Etc etc.

mtraininjax · April 22, 2011, 05:21:22 PM

QuoteJacksonville. At some point they'll just hire a guy in a bulldozer to go around Springfield, with a guy in front of him pointing and shouting "THAT ONE... THAT ONE... THAT ONE, TOO..."

If the only real estate jobs we can create in this city are predicated around destruction. That's pretty sad!

sheclown · April 22, 2011, 05:22:24 PM

sheclown · April 22, 2011, 05:22:50 PM

sheclown · April 22, 2011, 05:23:19 PM

sheclown · April 22, 2011, 05:23:39 PM

thanks moved.

Timkin · April 22, 2011, 05:28:25 PM

Quote from: mtraininjax on April 22, 2011, 05:21:22 PM
QuoteJacksonville. At some point they'll just hire a guy in a bulldozer to go around Springfield, with a guy in front of him pointing and shouting "THAT ONE... THAT ONE... THAT ONE, TOO..."

If the only real estate jobs we can create in this city are predicated around destruction. That's pretty sad!

+1000

wsansewjs · April 22, 2011, 05:33:24 PM

Now, I dislike Ms. Lancester after reading the excerpt. She said the word 'ACTUALLY' at least 10 times.

More thoughts from me on this will come soon.

-Josh

Timkin · April 22, 2011, 05:40:51 PM

Understand Josh. Ms. Lancaster is doing her job though. I would not WANT her job ,simply because like yourself , it is heart wrenching, for me personally, to see nice buildings such as this one that clearly is not anywhere close to needing demolition, and rather , needing relatively small repairs, BUT THE OWNER WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. The owner would be who I would have a problem with. If you do not want to be responsible for a property you are going to end up with a bill from the city, for demolishing, SELL IT , or GIVE it to someone who will be responsible.

mtraininjax · April 22, 2011, 05:45:43 PM

Prostitutes kicked in the back door and doing their business there? Wow, not in Springfield???

wsansewjs · April 22, 2011, 05:47:31 PM

I want to see if someone can come with me to personally search and track down the actual owner to talk personally.

-Josh

sheclown · April 22, 2011, 07:34:45 PM

For more information on this house also view here:

http://forum.preservationsos.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=534

sheclown · April 22, 2011, 07:47:51 PM

Quote from: JaxUnicorn on April 21, 2011, 04:18:50 PM
Ok, so do we need to do? Do we have access to the engineer's report that says it cannot be saved? What is the reason for the demolition?

Kim

There was no engineer's report. This was not an emergency demolition. The Historic Planning Commission voted to have it demolished based on the testimony of Elaine Lancaster, code enforcement supervisor. See the minutes from the meeting.

Now that the commission has given its blessing, it appears as if there is nothing to do. No appeal can be made because it was put on the formal track a year ago. Code pulled a COA, but that was as a courtesy to Historic Planning.

It is a done deal. Apparently.

sheclown · April 22, 2011, 07:49:43 PM

...along with all of the other homes on the formal track, and your guess is as good as ours as to exactly how many there are.

Could be dozens more. We just don't know.