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Thanks, Dan, for this wonderful post. I cannot wai...

2011-06-05T21:02:44.747-07:00

Thanks, Dan, for this wonderful post. I cannot wait until I get to go inside this building on the hard hat tour with the Architectural Heritage Center!

Great post. Bravo!

2011-05-16T08:51:30.657-07:00

Great post. Bravo!

This is genuine good news. I did check the calenda...

2011-03-07T20:27:23.138-08:00

This is genuine good news. I did check the calendar to make sure it wasn't April 1. Very nice post.

Great post...I can't wait to see the result......

2011-03-07T07:42:37.447-08:00

Great post...I can't wait to see the result...I pass this building regularly on the way to work and have been curious about the signs that it's going to be restored...so heartwarming! I would love to see that whole area of town treated similarly...seeing the old pictures of what once was breaks my heart. The emphasis I constantly see being put on "original" and "authentic" architecture is ridiculous, especially when what we are left with at this point is a city full of surface parking lots and bland mid-century corporate schlock.

Thanks for this post, Dan! It's amazing that ...

2011-03-06T13:14:32.570-08:00

Thanks for this post, Dan! It's amazing that someone in the 30's thought it was a good idea to "modernize" such a building in such a garish way. Thankfully it will soon be brought back to its original splendour.

Reminds me of looking at old streetscapes of "downtown" Montavilla and how some of the buildings have been modernized (i.e. sliding windows and artificial siding) in the intervening years.