JamesTiberiusCrunk t1_jbtg80j wrote on March 11, 2023 at 4:07 PM

Reply to comment by velvetshark in Developers who destroyed historic Lancashire pub ordered to rebuild it by Mighty_L_LORT

This building doesn't matter at all. It's 100% pointless to keep it. Housing prices are out of control because we haven't built enough housing for everyone and people like you want to keep ridiculous bullshit like this instead of building places for people to live.

velvetshark t1_jc25uuw wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:30 PM

So what housing will be placed where the dry cleaner was?

JamesTiberiusCrunk t1_jc28wnj wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:51 PM

Well the people who bought it and now can't tear it down said they wanted to build a mid rise apartment building there. So, a bunch of apartments. Did you think this was some kind of trick question?

velvetshark t1_jc29er5 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:55 PM

...no, it was a genuine question. The only thing I found out about the dry cleaner was that it was an example of a particular type of architecture and there was controversy about preserving it. Do you have a link to the article talking about apartments?

JamesTiberiusCrunk t1_jc29t48 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:57 PM

How an iconic dry cleaner ended up in a hot preservation debate

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/01/07/wellers-dry-cleaning-googie-architecture/

velvetshark t1_jc2x169 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 5:31 PM

thank you!

velvetshark t1_jc29lhx wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:56 PM

Also, the dry cleaner lost it's conservation battle, from what I last read (article from 2022), so why can't they tear it down?