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[tacoto]

There has been a building collapse, perhaps allowing temporary access?

[Nicotti]

https://www.kmov.com/news/lemp-brewery- ... a9295.html

[tacoto]

Well I went there and poked around some, went in that area and was able to spend some time looking around inside, damn I love that building.

[mindwaave]

I curse my sprained ankle.

[SubLunar]

This angers me so much.

[overslept]

This angers me so much.

Why?

[mindwaave]

Could it be because of the owner's inept, cheap maintenance strategy? Or perhaps it's for his record of relative disinterest as keeper of a major local historic site?



...condemned since 2003. Shashi, remaining willfully ignorant, probably rented out whatever extra space-on-hand he could, allowing his negligence to destroy local businesses at cultural expense.

It'd be interesting if a neighborhood-city partnership created a nonprofit and seized the property for renovation/rental/museum(s)/etc...

[Nicotti]

Shashi, remaining willfully ignorant, probably rented out whatever extra space-on-hand he could, allowing his negligence to destroy local businesses at cultural expense.

The owner of a St. Louis nonprofit, STL B Works, said he was using the building to store over 700 bikes inside. The nonprofit fixes bikes and computers for kids to earn by going through classes.

"I don't know, 2020 isn't shaping up to be a great year," Executive Director of St. Louis Bicycle Works said. "I'm incredibly lucky there were no staff or volunteers near the building when this happened."