tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post4633879845370619730..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: What to do with Remnants of State Insurance Building?Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-6839739021633171342022-08-01T12:24:55.785-07:002022-08-01T12:24:55.785-07:00(added another image of the two-story version of t...(added another image of the two-story version of the building)Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-79130904750357081422021-10-19T10:20:49.137-07:002021-10-19T10:20:49.137-07:00Thank you. Hopefully people interested in this bu...Thank you. Hopefully people interested in this building's history have an opportunity to document whatever is left of it (or in it). And hopefully the building is quickly redeveloped into something which adds to our downtown instead of stagnating in administrative sludge.Jeff Schumacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320652216233151117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-7118771740927491302021-10-18T20:54:06.513-07:002021-10-18T20:54:06.513-07:00Sludge. Administrative sludge. As with the Bellusc...Sludge. Administrative sludge. As with the Belluschi Bank, designation would not prevent demolition and redevelopment. But it would be more costly in public process, in time, and perhaps in fees. A developer, city or another entity, would lose predictability, and even just an increase in uncertainty would be a cost.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-73848451663572858192021-10-18T17:14:18.695-07:002021-10-18T17:14:18.695-07:00If the HLC were to initiate the local historic res...If the HLC were to initiate the local historic resource designation of this building, and if the building's nomination was then approved, what would the end result be? Would the designation prevent its redevelopment entirely or just slow it down?Jeff Schumacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320652216233151117noreply@blogger.com