If you’ve been around downtown Danville, then you probably know that High St. has been blocked off for the last 927 years (not really, but it seems that way) because of a building that has collapsed and is still collapsing.
Now we know what the plans are for that 549 High St.
Next Thursday, the River District Design Committee will meet and issue a Certificate of Appropriateness for a contractor to tear down the top two floors of the collapsed building. Here’s the drawing on the planned demolition.
All righty. It’s about time and hopefully the street can be reopened after that. But what’s supposed to happen after that?
Very interesting.
No, I’m not going to mock that the city has to go through its own River District Design Commission to get their own permit to tear down an obvious safety hazard that occasionally drops bricks on the street from 35 feet above. That would be way too easy to poke fun at.
Funny you post on this. I remember putting a picture of this on facebook several months ago and you said something about someone going to do something with the building, I posted because it looks like it needs to go down before it falls down! You did not appear to be concerned about safety then.
I’m not horribly concerned about safety now. If you’re stupid enough to go into the blockaded area and stand there for a few weeks until you get bonked on the head, well…
I’m very glad to know why the street has been closed because it has been bugging me. Yes, I admit I have only seen the barrels in the distance.