Redevelopment project

Code Enforcement as a Tool to Prevent Demolition by Neglect

While often a last resort, enforcing a city’s building code is an effective tool for incentivizing an owner of a historic property to make it useful again.

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2023: Blacksmith Shop/Mill Race Inn Saved from Demolition (again)

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For the second time in five years, a demolition request for the former blacksmith shop/Mill Race Inn in Geneva was denied.

History and Rehabilitation of Old Copley Hospital in Aurora

“The fate of many historic homes that meet the wrecking ball is attributable, more than anything else, to a poverty of imagination.” Kelee Katillac, Historic Style.

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