Those buildings have ''good bones'' and could be so beautiful and useful too!Not to hijack the thread or to in any way imply that buildings are nearly as important as human lives, but the building in question (Northcourse Apartments) and two neighboring ones are on the National Register of Historic places. These three Classical Revival buildings used to be some of the most upscale addresses in Highland Park.
Palmer Park Boulevard Apartments District - Wikipedia
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I would LOVE to see these fixed up as opposed to demo'ing them for several reasons. I understand mom's feeling about it but that's from emotions. She wants them gone. But we can't simply demo every single building that had a murder or bad juju. There's too much waste in this world as it is and landfills aren't finite.Not to hijack the thread or to in any way imply that buildings are nearly as important as human lives, but the building in question (Northcourse Apartments) and two neighboring ones are on the National Register of Historic places. These three Classical Revival buildings used to be some of the most upscale addresses in Highland Park.
Palmer Park Boulevard Apartments District - Wikipedia
the wording makes me think maybe a POI is already in custody on another matter? its an oddly specific thing to say.
Sometimes in these cases, a building is able to be reinvented and live on, but sometimes, it's like an open wound, stopping the community from healing. I think whatever happens, it needs to be in open collaboration with the immediate community, the people who live there and have to walk past it, every day. For insight, if you haven't read it, The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts is a great book about a different case, in Brownsville, Texas, where the muder of three siblings under the age of four polarised the community about the fate of a building. It, too, was on the historic register, and had been slowly falling apart and becoming more of an eyesore and a haven for crime for decades. Eventually, the city bought it, but debate raged over its fate for over a decade. The community reclaimed the land around it and turned it into a shared community garden, like allotments, named in honour of the children. The building was, eventually, demolished.I would LOVE to see these fixed up as opposed to demo'ing them for several reasons. I understand mom's feeling about it but that's from emotions. She wants them gone. But we can't simply demo every single building that had a murder or bad juju. There's too much waste in this world as it is and landfills aren't finite.
Fix 'em up! Fix 'em up!
Yes, I know what the news reports said, and I saw Armani's live.
Do you have a link for that? I'd like to keep an eye on that. TIA.
Awesome blossom. Thank you!
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