Office buildings of this vintage aren’t attractive to modern office users, they don’t have the right floor plans or building services to operate efficiently. Apartments are a great adaptive reuse for these buildings, especially in desirable city center locations with unmet demand for housing. The alternative is they just sit empty as their previous tenants move onto more modern and functional office spaces (see the Chrysler building in NYC or Superman building in Providence).
jrblockquote on
I stayed in the Drury Plaza Hotel in Cleveland, which is a former BOE building. Beautiful interior with marble and preserved murals.
AGShadowMan on
This is my surprised reply face……
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Jai84 on
Posting this without any context is disingenuous. Most of us are upset about the current treatment of the education system, but we don’t need to resort to withholding facts to get that point across. From what I can tell as a non-resident, it seems they moved locations.
This is mildly interesting because it’s a cool building that got turned into an apartment complex, but without giving that context it comes across as ragebait. Your last post was about utilizing misinformation to fight back against right wing falsehoods. I don’t know if that’s what you’re trying to do here, but just because it’s effective doesn’t mean it’s right. The falsehoods are part of the problem just as much as the policies being enacted. We don’t need to stoop to their level. Fight back with awareness and truths, not vague misleading posts.
MyDogBitz on
The School Board building is on Broad Street and it’s been there for some time.
MightBeADesk on
“The U.N. Building. What a joke! They turned it into low rent housing. It’s a dump.” -Harry Canyon, Heavy Metal
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This is terrifying
(*Not even mildly*)
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Well, they moved.
“we need more housing”
*Monkey’s paw curls*
Where dreams were crushed, now mortgages are
r/infuriatingasfuck
Office buildings of this vintage aren’t attractive to modern office users, they don’t have the right floor plans or building services to operate efficiently. Apartments are a great adaptive reuse for these buildings, especially in desirable city center locations with unmet demand for housing. The alternative is they just sit empty as their previous tenants move onto more modern and functional office spaces (see the Chrysler building in NYC or Superman building in Providence).
I stayed in the Drury Plaza Hotel in Cleveland, which is a former BOE building. Beautiful interior with marble and preserved murals.
This is my surprised reply face……
-____-
Posting this without any context is disingenuous. Most of us are upset about the current treatment of the education system, but we don’t need to resort to withholding facts to get that point across. From what I can tell as a non-resident, it seems they moved locations.
This is mildly interesting because it’s a cool building that got turned into an apartment complex, but without giving that context it comes across as ragebait. Your last post was about utilizing misinformation to fight back against right wing falsehoods. I don’t know if that’s what you’re trying to do here, but just because it’s effective doesn’t mean it’s right. The falsehoods are part of the problem just as much as the policies being enacted. We don’t need to stoop to their level. Fight back with awareness and truths, not vague misleading posts.
The School Board building is on Broad Street and it’s been there for some time.
“The U.N. Building. What a joke! They turned it into low rent housing. It’s a dump.” -Harry Canyon, Heavy Metal