A Quick Primer on the Cupples Building #7 Saga

{This Building Matters - a video series by Preservation Research Office

Cupples #7 appears likely to be demolished in about a month. On his blog, Mayor Slay pleads one last time for a developer to come forward to preserve and redevelop the building. If no one arrives, cash in had, by the end of May, the city plans to proceed with demolition. The pricetag is $850K and the city will be stuck with the bill, hoping to pursue payment in the courts. The city's Preservation Board denied demolition in late 2011. Soon after, the city installed a fence around the building, concerned that it could collapse.