tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25979735.post942651898482962176..comments2024-03-27T11:39:51.114-07:00Comments on Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Echo House brings preservation questions to surfaceEd Slavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00298486886820876739noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25979735.post-18313039411189458242014-08-17T10:04:50.577-07:002014-08-17T10:04:50.577-07:00On Sue Agresta's guest column of 8-16-2014:
S...On Sue Agresta's guest column of 8-16-2014:<br /><br />Sue, Stick to PZB<br /><br />and leave HARB for others.<br /><br />You are DEAD WRONG on every point.<br /><br />As much as I have admired you and your work in the past, you have erred BIG TIME on this one.<br /><br />Structures -- HISTORICAL STRUCTURES -- in similar or in worse condition than Echo House are SAVED AND REHABILITATED EVERY SINGLE DAY ALL ACROSS THIS NATION BY PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WHO UNDERSTAND AND VALUE THE HISTORY OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.<br /><br />Sorry to shout, but if there were a roof remaining on Echo House, I'd shout it from there! Rev. Rawls made sure the tiles were removed and WITHOUT ANY APPROVAL BY THE CITY.<br /><br />The church needs a solution, not a demolition.<br /><br />Find that solution another way. No one, not ONE, has fully explored the possibilities for PARKING.<br /><br />This is St. Augustine. Echo House occupies the CENTER of LINCOLNVILLE. The building MATTERS. It is an anchor.<br /><br />Pulling out the Race Card is an absurdity. It's beneath you.<br /><br />Rev. Rawls has you brain-washed. HE is the one threatening to take his congregation elsewhere if he does not get HIS WAY. That's extortion. He isn't guaranteed a permanent position at St. Paul's. Hubris abounds in that man. It is time he was removed to another location.<br /><br />I question the appropriateness of you writing your column as chair of PZB. I think you are out of order to represent another City volunteer board in this way. You should do so as a private citizen. You are not speaking for PZB. ARE YOU??? <br /><br />Please reconsider your position. And while you are at it, please re-open the Farmer's Market. I believe you and Judith Seraphin closed it on a whim. How is THAT helping the neighborhood?Clara Waldharinoreply@blogger.com