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Just because it was an old building and once had a dry-cleaner, doesn’t make it dangerous or an environmental disaster.
Unfortunately you’ll never get a new building of this character from a modern builder.
Any developer with a little thought and foresight would had no problem renovating a beautiful brick building into a commercial/residential space.
Those that like to see a building like this taken down just don’t appreciate the beauty in this structure.
Yes, rectangular brick buildings can be architecturally interesting.
Rectangular and brick doesn’t make it boring, but a parking lot does equate to boring as does a glass box or tower where it doesn’t require any thought or craftsmanship.
Learn to appreciate accomplishments of the past, even if it’s a simple building.
Give me a brick office or industrial building any day of the week over a parking lot or a glass tower.
If past experience (in the last town I lived in) is any indication, dry cleaners leave a lot of ground contamination that would require significant remediation.
maybe they’ll find a soft creamy filling in the center
Having been inhabited by a dry cleaner, the building and grounds are likely an environmental disaster that anyone hoping to re-purpose would find a financial burden. Rectangular brick buildings have architectural interest? Aloft is essentially the same thing with a fresher coat of paint.
What a shame. Seems really short sited. AVL doesn’t need more parking lots. This building could have been restored into something really unique. Has way more character and architectural interest than the new Aloft right around the corner.
Just because something old doesn’t make it some worth rehabilitating. This plain, dilapidated building was a nightmare, and dangerous as well.
Aren’t there plans for a building on the site eventually … not just a surface lot.