Even though a Lister Block deal has finally been closed with LIUNA, I'm wondering if it really is the right move for the city. Don't get me wrong, it's about time something was done with the site, and I'm glad to see a plan in motion for the next 4-5 years. However, it's the specifics of the deal that have me scratching my head a little.
Check out Nicole MacIntyre's Lister Math (at the bottom of this page), there are some interesting figures to consider. The deal will cost taxpayers an extra $1.3 million per year, although the city will own the building in 20 years. Cal DiFalco also raised a good point on MacIntyre's blog, noting, "A new City Hall or retirement residences are things that ordinary people would see as staples of a city. Not attractions."
Is restoration still a good idea? What do you think?
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The city has enough retirement homes.
Personally, I think its absolutely retarded to begin retrofitting a building so that in 20 years it can house people who are in their 80's today
But that's a bigger problem. This city has tons of old people, and as a result, HHS is the city's largest employer. Yet there has been absolutely no planning for the morbid, yet equally inevitable outcome of building your economy on the backs of the livelihoods of octogenarians
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