As much as I dislike how the Zoning board, the Ward 6 Alderman, and various "community groups" handled the previous proposals that were brought forward for new tenants in the Social Security Building I am not sure the city actually owning it would improve the situation. They do not have a very good track record either.
The city owns the old Homans building over by my house and it has sat vacant for many years. This past winter it was declared structurally unsound and half of Medford Street has been blocked off from traffic every since. I have not seen any actual construction happening to shore it up and make it safer, all of the construction happening around it is for the GLX. The city seems pretty content just to ignore it, I guess they can't sue or fine themselves for being bad landlords though.
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Date: 2015-06-24 03:31 pm (UTC)The city owns the old Homans building over by my house and it has sat vacant for many years. This past winter it was declared structurally unsound and half of Medford Street has been blocked off from traffic every since. I have not seen any actual construction happening to shore it up and make it safer, all of the construction happening around it is for the GLX. The city seems pretty content just to ignore it, I guess they can't sue or fine themselves for being bad landlords though.