It is unfortunate that Martin Selig came into the picture. He has no intention of saving the building. That was clear when we met with him.

A good intention clothes itself with power

There is a public good in having historic and beautiful buildings downtown. It is good to have skyscrapers, but you also need some touchstones to the past to make it interesting and distinctive.

We have also looked at taking the building apart and reassembling it on a new site -- but that is also a costly solution.

Perhaps in this case the site isn't as important as saving the building.

It's not ideal under preservation standards; it is considered bad preservation by some. Others think it is better to have the building, even if it isn't on its original site.