The seven-story, 70,000-sf building once housedstreet-levelstores and upper-floor offices. It has been vacant fora number of yearsand in it demise, the interior was gutted. Allwiring and pipes havebeen removed. Another problem is that theshell of a building hasno parking spaces available.
Some want the building razed, others see the possibility forrenovationor conversion to loft apartments. A new urban blight taskforce convenedby Mayor Kay Barnes has put eliminating vacantbuildings at the top ofthe priority list. Two possible financialmeasures to accomplish thisinclude the creation of a $1 millionfund to renovate or raze structuressuch as the Law Building andanother allocates $100,000 for clean up ofareas surroundingredeveloped Downtown buildings.
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