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. |
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. |
Perhaps in this case the site isn't as important as saving the building. |
The name doesn't impact sales. What impacts sales is the characteristics or the traits of the variety and how that impacts the bottom lines of the growers. |
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. |