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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrence Kestenbaum [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 11:22 PM
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> On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, Dan Becker wrote:
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> > Several years ago the school system's Facilities Department
> > stunned us with an 11th-hour proposal to demolish our
> > neighborhood 1920s elementary school
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> So, what happened? You left out the end of the story!
Heh. Wonder if anybody would notice that part.
It was incredibly consuming and stressful, for a not insignificant
period of time (Ken, remember talking about tuck-pointing evaluations?),
but we dragged them kicking and screaming all the way to success: they
were recently given a Sir Walter Award for Community Appearance in the
Historic Preservation category for their wonderful efforts at rehabbing
the existing building and the compatible additions.
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Dan Becker, Exec. Dir. "Oh joy! Rapture! Now
Raleigh Historic I have a brain!"
Districts Commission - Scarecrow
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919/807-8480
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