Thanks for posting this. I live a few blocks away and am dismayed by all this. The old place was an eyesore but I miss the stained glass and the grass. It's bad enough we have so little green space due to lack of zoning 100 years ago (when most of the housing stock was built), but no need to perpetuate that trend now when we know better. And the current trend of stripping all period architectural details (as had happened when the former funeral home across the street from 1 Benton was renovated for condos) is so wrong.
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Date: 2010-04-23 06:50 pm (UTC)