son_of_soma said:
There's a new petition going around with a deceptive website. ??
son_of_soma said:
I believe "functional" means that it works (which it does...).
Hrumph said:
Look around Maplewood. All new homeowners have rehabbed their homes instead of tearing them down to build new. That seems to be the culture of our residents . Rehabbing.
donnieo said:
http://joestrupp.blogspot.com/2015/03/township-committee-arrogance-shows-in.html
son_of_soma said:
@tJohn The Township will be giving the developer $200,000 to tear the building down, so put that money towards repurposing and you have a good start.
author said:
There is no question that a builder is in business to make money. No one begrudges him that. The problem becomes when his profit infringe on the welfare of the Township and the Betterment of the Quality of life of the citizens of the Township.
It would stand to reason that rehabbing an already existing, strong facility would be more cost efficient than knocking it down, hauling it away and starting from scratch. It terms of Basic Green the energy saving would be inc-readable. I will not go in to the litany of indoor/outdoor restaurant etc possibilities.......but they are there and we are the town to put our thinking caps on and decide what is best for this...........our Town.
We can because we think we can.
author said:
Actually a local group, guess who, was given permission by the local Post Master to tour the building.
Among the group was an Engineer and an Architect.
They found, increadeadably that not one brick is out of place or needed re pointing.
The Structural Steel is in excellent condition and the building is probably the strongest in Maplewood Village.
The windows need just a small bit of work to seal them I believe.
All in all the building is in wonderful shape.
Now of course that is for a building designed and used as a Post Office..............to re purpose the building will require work.
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