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Fight Over Former Columbia Hospital Heads Back To Court
City appeals ruling, seeks to block UWM's further demolition of hospital.
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UWM’s $96.5M estimate of what it would cost to repurpose the building is not credible. This is the entity trying to convince the powers that be that restoration is prohibitively expensive. Safe to assume they are padding the numbers significantly.
The City of Milwaukee should cease and desist. As a resident, I’m of the opinion there are a few (sarcasm intended) better places to spend their time and attention.
And, The Historic Preservation Commission members have too much power, time and money.
1) I don’t find this building unique or beautiful or significant in any way such that it needed to be preserved (it was a power move to designate it as such).
2) More green space is a good thing. UWM is investing in their campus in other areas. This is how the cycle goes.
3) We don’t earn tax dollars for this bldg – so whether vacant land or a building doesn’t effect us taxpayers financially.
To David Cole, who cares if UWM is padding the budget – the view that this is a historic bldg is nonsense. Thank god someone has the power to push back against this committee – us poor folks couldn’t.
lol they ripped out the windows so the elements can get in and destroy the building even faster. And these court cases will take TIME. They’re just gonna let mother nature handle this one and make it unfixable. I’m surprised they didn’t rip the roof off first.
This is the wrong fight to play, and now the case will be lost and that right stripped away for any future cases. Terrific work.
The last letter of STEM is for Math. The Math department needs space, but it doesn’t need expensive lab space. Build it simply, and give it to the math department.
Why is Milwaukee wasting our tax money on this foolish Historical Preservation issue?
This appears to be a NIMBY issue for some folks who have money and feel it might affect their property values.
If they want it stopped, let them pay for it, not the taxpayers!