Thursday, August 20, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Who Has Salvage Rights To Philly Mansion?
The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that the Addison Mizner-designed, 1929 La Ronda mansion on Philadelphia's Main Line is slated for demolition and that architectural salvage rights have already been awarded. Anyone know who has the salvage rights? There's has been a last-minute flurry of activity with a potential buyer surfacing who wants to move the massive structure. I don't think it will happen.
Inquirer Article Link
Thursday, August 13, 2009
East Coast Salvager Has to Relocate
Second Chance, the big architectural salvager that occupies several warehouses in Baltimore, is going to have to relocate because a casino is going to be built on the city-owned land they presently occupy. Click here for the Baltimore Sun article.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Salvage Uproar on Staten Island
The New York Times has an interesting post on their blog about a "misunderstanding" that developed when some architectural salvagers went to remove items on Staten Island recently.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/removal-of-objects-at-snug-harbor-stirs-uproar/