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The death of historic preservation in Dayton

Posted on November 27, 2013 @ 8:24 am by David Esrati

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Apparently the cost of a hall pass to tear down a historic structure is $500. You can probably even skip paying that, if you can get the blame shifted to city staffers who never run the risk of getting fired (unless you either get caught with child porn on your computer or you blow the Read More

Time to fire the “community development” manager

Posted on November 22, 2013 @ 3:44 pm by David Esrati

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Despite being bombed into the ground during WWII, Berlin today looks much like prewar Berlin. In London, despite being bombed, landmarks all don’t show the marks of war. In Dayton, someone makes a permitting mistake, a demolition contractor begins to demolish a building that wasn’t supposed to be torn down- and they let the work Read More