Many recognizable Raleigh buildings scheduled for the wrecking ball this year. (Wilmington: real estate market, to rent)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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The will of the populace trumps the owners rights? It is their house or building.
In some cases, yes. Property rights do not give an owner the absolute right to do anything they want; ask anyone who lives in a neighborhood with an HOA. Owning a house or building comes with responsibility to maintain it. Would you feel the same way if the owner of the house next to yours abandoned it then let it rot? I doubt it.
Last edited by lb27608; 07-24-2011 at 09:50 PM..
Reason: Added a sentence.
So what "rich history" does a building that has been vacant for 50 years have? And speaking of more "rich history" of some of these buildings, the Fabius Briggs house:
"The 1970s proved to be a rough time for the house and its appendage. The Brite Spot restaurant became an aptly named strip club bearing the same name. The house, virtually abandoned at this time, naturally became a place for patrons of the strip club to get “privacy”. The house had become a den of iniquity, and would remain so for some years to come. When the city cracked down on strip clubs in the late 1970s The Brite Spot closed"
Yep. sounds like some real great history there
I have no problems preserving these relics however if it's so important to the very fabric that makes up Raleigh why has none of it's residents stepped up to save these places?
Wish I could save this house just to see the fancy brass Historical Building plaque saying "In the 1970s, this building became a Den of Iniquity…" Love it!
In some cases, yes. Property rights do not give an owner the absolute right to do anything they want; ask anyone who lives in a neighborhood with an HOA. Owning a house or building comes with responsibility to maintain it. Would you feel the same way if the owner of the house next to yours abandoned it then let it rot? I doubt it.
Sure HOAs, but people buy into them knowing that they have rules to follow and sign away their rights. This thread was about historical properties (or pseudo historical).
It may have already been said, but if these properties were so "historic" why hasn't anyone come up with the money to save/restore them over the last 20 years? If you want to save these kinds of places put your money where your mouth is.
Here is a video of the Brewery being demolished, link from the N&O 8/3.
It WAS heartwarming to see all of 8 people come down to watch the Brewery be demolished.
Hillsborough Street will be the same. Just cause the building came down doesn't mean the memories are gone. I bet more of you will now tell tales to your friends and family that begins "oh man...there was this place that used to be here called The Brewery".
If it was still there could you say the same thing?
If the Stanhope developers were smart, they would figure a way to lease some space to the Brewery people in a part of their retail area.
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