Preston Springs Hotel Redevelopment

[danbrotherston]

Does the city have the right to take over a building's structural restoration? And charge it back to the owner?

I wouldn't think so....that would be a bizarre power to have...

Honestly, these are heritage properties...if we believe they bring value to the community, they shouldn't be in private hands, and reliant on private agents to maintain them.

Or at least, it should be the public paying the cost to maintain them.

Maybe then, we'd be more intentional about what we call heritage.

FWIW I think the Preston Springs was probably deserving of preservation...but other buildings in DTK...which are at this point being preserved in lieu of building more affordable housing are not...to me, the system is pessimal, it isn't protecting heritage buildings and is instead being used as a hammer to support NIMBYism.