UPDATE: So I recruited some ‘needlers’ to see what they can find out. And oh boy, it is radio silence at the attorney’s office, the Pav and TenPoopen’s communication office. It has actually been a great laugh with those who shared with me the responses. I think I said to one of them, “Maybe you should remind Vanessa she works in the ‘Communications Department’. Accent on the Communications part. I wish I could change this font to brown, but our color blind mayor wouldn’t get it.
I told you a few weeks ago that I found out another contractor was putting the city in a bind. The city owns the Pavilion so we are responsible financially for any building upgrades, and the Pavilion takes millions each year in maintenance costs from the entertainment tax. Replacing the thingies on the roof cost us, ALOT! So the ‘rumor’ is that while replacing the ‘thingies’ they tore up the rubber roof (you really should not walk on them, let alone carry equipment and materials across it.) Not sure what the city is doing to get relief, but if they had a half a brain they would threaten a lawsuit to get the money. I was told that the repairs will cost over $1 Million. Another city project, another bad contractor. I thought we did RFP’s so we could select the best contractor? And where were the city building inspectors during this process? Were they not checking on the progress? And if so, couldn’t they see the roof damage? Someone told me once, “The city building inspectors are afraid of ladders . . . and the outdoors.”
Why not just put a modernistic overhang over the roof, similar to what they did to the east entrance a few years ago? That way, the Pavillion can continue to morph into a look more fitting for Washington Square as the east entrance already accommodates. Trust me, this town is not into history. It tears houses down in the McKennan Park area, recently destroyed a well-kept vintage 1920s/30s era Standard Oil gas station, now Sanford wants to destroy a Dow house as a part of their expansion, and do any of you remember that classic mid-century bus station we once had that was replaced by the City Centre and a revamping of Van Epps Park? Plus, I’m old enough to remember during urban renewal when some wanted to tear down the old courthouse, and its clock tower, and it was just 20 years ago that some saved the Coliseium from the wrecking ball as well…. I dare them, just put one of those roofs over the Pavillion like they do for pumps at a gas station with a modern touch, however…. #IDareU
“Do you mean like the roofs they put over old churches in Africa?” …….. “But that’s preserving history”
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lalibela-11-churches-each-sculpted-out-of-a-single-block-of-stone-800-years-ago-60-minutes-transcript/
More roof problems at the Bazilion. No surprise. Every city real estate venture goes bad.
Hartzler and her cronies are the ones at fault with communications in this shCity