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bodhipooh t1_iv98d5b wrote

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. The place has mostly collapsed. It will be gone before they can decide on a plan. They will point fingers, then sell the land to be redeveloped.

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rbastid t1_ivactlt wrote

That's really disappointing. Was such an interesting building, always thought it could have been a really cool concert venue (there's one very similar in England)

The plan for so many of these historic places is probably to just let them crumble, so they can defend knocking them down and putting an Applebees there instead.

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bodhipooh t1_ivcelri wrote

You don’t have to look so far! We have a great example of what a repurposed powerhouse could be just a few hours away, in a similar locale. In Baltimore’s Inner Harbor they rehabbed a powerhouse and put it to use as a retail and dining building. It is/was remarkably similar to ours in many ways (same kind of brick exterior, massive outer shell, muktiple smokestacks, etc.) but the difference is that they actually moved on their project in a timely manner. It is now the crown jewel of their expanded, revamped Inner Harbor.

If city’s administration had had the conviction and will to get it done 10-15 years ago, we could be enjoying a really great addition to our lifeless waterfront. It’s hard to believe that such a stunning waterfront is basically dead. Before the pandemic it was mostly dead in the evenings and weekends, but now it is an everyday thing. Sad, really. So much missed potential.

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[deleted] t1_iv9kbli wrote

Huh?

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bodhipooh t1_iv9rrvj wrote

If you look at it from above, or go inside, you would see that it is in total disrepair and much of it has collapsed. The outer walls are being kept erect through great effort. The smokestacks that stood in place as recently as ten years ago finally collapsed and what remained had to be tore down. The roof of the structure is partially collapsed, leaving the interior exposed to the elements. The decay over the past 10 years has accelerated because of this. What you see right now is quite literally just a shell.
The powerhouse rehabilitation was a viable project 10 years ago. Now, it is going to be a demolition and rebuild.

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[deleted] t1_iva0ebd wrote

I'm sorry I don't understand.

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HappyArtichoke7729 t1_iva4mn6 wrote

They said "the building has fallen into disrepair"

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bodhipooh t1_ivcd81b wrote

Don’t bother… the guy is just salty because I called him out on another thread for being dense and lacking in reading comprehension skills. My guess is that he was trying to be clever in this thread not realizing that he is, once again, putting on display his dumbassery and lack of reading comprehension.

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HappyArtichoke7729 t1_ivcee1w wrote

LOL the downvotes speak for themselves. But interesting.

Thanks for your reply, it was insightful and helpful.

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