Certificate of Appropriates Committee meeting at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon at Dillinger's Feed Store to discuss demolition of the building. Dillinger's has sat empty for a couple of years now and my understanding is the current owner would like to demolish it in order to provide more parking for the Newel House building. However, since Dillinger's is one of the oldest buildings remaining in the downtown area, the owner needs approval from the committee before demolition can start. Given Carbondale's track record on preservation, however, dollars to doughnuts the committee approves it and the building gets razed by the end of summer.
I don't like that the city has the right to say "no, you can't demolish your own building." If it's that historic, eminent domain it and pay fair market value.
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