SOLD: Bank of America building in downtown Asheville for $3.2 million

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   Jason Sandford February 15, 2014

   From loyal reader Phil:
   I hope we’re not seeing the beginning of the end of Downtown Historical Asheville as we know and love it. That would truly be a shame and a disaster for the city. The draw of Asheville is it’s history and the buildings that helped make that history. Keep tearing them down and reaplacing them with chrome and glass monstrosities and we’ll end up back in the eighties when downtown was a place to be avoided. It’s booming because of what it is; a charming historical unique friendly place where people can go escape the modern madness that is closing in on us more each day.

   We moved out here from California eight years ago after living there all of our lives because money hungry developers ruined our state. Don’t make the same mistake with our beloved Asheville. Shiny new toys may seem nice for the moment but they get old after awhile and end up in the trash. Is that where we want to go?

   POSTED BY PHIL DIMON | FEBRUARY 15, 2014, 9:39 AM

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      hauntedheadnc February 15, 2014

      How is that relevant to this discussion? No one is talking about tearing down the S&W Building, and the bank building isn’t historic. It replaced some historic buildings that burned down sometime in the 70’s or 80’s.

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   Jerry February 15, 2014

   Rumor control! After three articles about Athropologie coming to downtown and it’s potential impact, how about a follow up now that it’s not happening? What do people think? It seemed important enough to garner headlines in November, but not now?

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   theOtherBarry February 14, 2014

   Thank the Gods! Let the affordable housing units flow forth!

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   Um, no. February 13, 2014

   Maybe they can start clearing their sidewalks.

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   orulz February 13, 2014

   This, and the Wachovia/Wells Fargo building, have always been the dynamic duo of UGLY in downtown Asheville since they day they were built. By comparison even the oft-reviled BB&T building is an architectural gem.

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      LEW February 13, 2014

      Disagree – they’re all bloody ugly and if I could (somehow magically) only get rid of one it would hands down be BB&T. At least you can’t see the Bank of America or the Wachovia/Wells Fargo buildings from miles around.

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      Kim Roney February 13, 2014

      The BB&T building looks like a gem in the sunset tonight.

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