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This is absurd!  The coliseum, while a beautiful building, should not be kept forever, just because it is architecturally significant, which is questionable.  Like other historical buildings, perhaps the person proposing the listing would like to buy it and move it to his property, like PSU did with the historic house now located on their property.

The coliseum is a dump!  I suggest the interviewee attend at least one event there.  Perhaps a concert...  The building is know as the "Echodome" due to its HORRIBLE acuostics.  The building is old and ditry, and should not be kept as an empty shell, just because someone thinks it is significant.  After all, this is a basketball arena that has outlasted its usefulness.

This is a good example of someone using a workaround, the register, as opposed to working through official channel, the city government.  If the city and a majority of residents agree to change the current structure, that should be the decision.  Adding an inflexible layer of government only ensures nothing will get done, and it will become a ghost of the past and a blight on the rose quarter.

posted 2 years, 10 months ago
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