July 8, 2019 - Sad day, "Everything must go, they want to build a hospital..."
An auctioneer looks for bids on appliances and other items at the Norm Seakan building in downtown Utica. The building was recently acquired by Mohawk Valley Health System, as the healthcare operation seeks to put a hospital in the Columbia–Lafayette neighborhood. #WUTR #WFXV pic.twitter.com/SqBKI8kyg1
— Ben Dennis (@broadcastben_) July 8, 2019
The auction is just a small sad step in MVHS's real estate scam; meet the Hammes Company.
Better yet, let's plan for a day when the Hospital relocates and join us in restoring the CoLa neighborhood properly.
November 11, 2017 - This property has wonderful potential, BUD will get it done...
Just saw the best plan, it will happen too, as we battle to keep @MVHealthSystem massive hospital out of our small downtown... pic.twitter.com/fsLbEzhase
— BetterUticaDowntown (@BudsforBUD) November 11, 2017
November 4, 2017 - Some say "You are stuck in the past!" We say, "No, the opportunities we see (and "yes people" can't) are actually what people returning to downtowns want." Read, Why Historic Preservation Needs a New Approach, and understand buildings like 340-366 Columbia Street...
Doom and Gloom - where some see plight, we see opportunity, downtown is ripe for a resurgence, and not just another institutional building. pic.twitter.com/1ddBmygWH5
— BUD (@UticaDowntown) November 4, 2017
... can be returned to what it once was, behold Bergers Department Store. It wasn't naysayers that brought down Bergers, but a city Urban Renewal plan that buildozed the neighborhood to the south. Learn more at Urban Renewal, Utica, NY.
Another adjcent building is eye'd for redevelopment too, the The Jones Building at 334 Columbia Street.
