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bluestate10

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2. Probably will become office space.

Reply to lonestarnot (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 08:21 AM

Mar 2013

Most buildings, even when they are beautiful, seldom work out as commercial space unless a concerted effort is made to make the space work. Foot traffic is important for commercial buildings, not so much for medical, dental, or law offices. In fact, the elegance of a building is a selling point when it comes to professional office space.

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Iconic - Beautiful Post Offices going on the auction block [View all] liberal N proud Mar 2013 OP

Some richie rich will make mcmansions. lonestarnot Mar 2013 #1

Probably will become office space. bluestate10 Mar 2013 #2

Damn that's sad. I've actually been in the last one. They SHOULD be historic buildings. talkingmime Mar 2013 #3

Most are registered historic buildings Brother Buzz Mar 2013 #9

Wow. talkingmime Mar 2013 #10

"Most are registered historic buildings" = no. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #17

I stand corrected, but..... Brother Buzz Mar 2013 #19

so? historic property paid for by the people should be privatized for a pittance so long as the HiPointDem Mar 2013 #20

Here's one that pipi_k Mar 2013 #4

The Frist Center in Nashville shows what can be done in these cases. SQUEE Mar 2013 #5

They are looting the states and the federal government malaise Mar 2013 #6

A rich, libertarian family lives in the old one in our town. Comrade_McKenzie Mar 2013 #7

This real estate is being sold at bargain-basement prices brentspeak Mar 2013 #8

Feinstein's husband, Richard Blum, is the dude doing the profiting Brother Buzz Mar 2013 #11

Outright fabrication on your part. Those buildings are sometimes sold at a premium to market. Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #12

Asking price of just $555,000 for a classic 23,163 sq. ft property in downtown Norwich, CT brentspeak Mar 2013 #15

Wealthy developers at bargain basement prices liberal N proud Mar 2013 #13

It's the end of an empire and everything must go!!! Initech Mar 2013 #14

+100. a crime and a theft from the people who paid for the buildings. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #16

Those beautiful buildings and the New Deal murals should be National Treasures Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #18

Donald Trump is turning the Old Post Office Pavilion in DC into a luxury hotel. kwassa Mar 2013 #21

that show "extreme homes" features folks living in purchased schools, post offices, churches, etc. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2013 #22