Why can't we wait ntil the owner has an agreement with the insurer? It's been there for how long now? It's unsightly you say? What about the street robots? They've been there longer. and there is no bug push to remove that unsightly element. I say give the owner a chance to make the insurance company live up to their contract first.

Why would anyone want to demolish it? What a beautiful building.

'I say give the owner a chance to make the insurance company live up to their contract first.'

Why does everyone think that the insurance company is the bad guy in this fiasco?

Mr. M. was under-insured and that's his problem, not the insurance company's.

He doesn't want to spend any of his own money to clean up his mess, period.

If he was underinsured then why dosn't the insurance company just pay out the cost that the owner was insured for and let the city know that [because the city is asking for clean up] they kept their end of the insurance agreement.

That looks like it could be a Heritage building........... hmmmm!

Clean the damn thing up. Give me a break.

Did anyone hear what the insurance company decided as far as cause of fire? The owner was doing some electrical work himself the day of/before the fire. Maybe the insurance company just isn't covering at all.

This guy has had two years to resolve the problem.........he's underinsured, has zero money of his own and is playing games with the city.............tear the GD thing down and let's get on with things. He did nothing for two years and the second he's called on it he jumps into action? Too little too late!

Maybe that is one of a few thousand reasons people do not go downtown. Duh! keep it up for another year. It personifies downtown and why nothing gets done. Ho hum.

It's an eyesore, it's a potential hazard and it has to come down, now! The city has waited far too long already and must tell the insurance company that a final answer (one way or the other) MUST be had by the end of this week!

No more backing down and procrastinating! That's the wrong message to send and it doesn't get the City any respect!

If they don't get tough others will play the same game in the future!

Doesn't anybody at City Hall have any cojones?

Wasn't the election of a new mayor and some new councillors going to bring a new decisive *let's get things done* attitude and spirit with it?

OMG!

I believe that his building is not the only one that is taking that long to settle the insurance claim. I believe B&B took some time as well, as did the laundry. In fact, the laundry is still an eyesore in case people have not noticed that lately. That has been much longer.

Underinsured? Does anywone know that is the case? if not, it is merely unfounded opinion.

Electrical work done by the owner? does anyone know that. Does anone know that is the cause of the fire? If not, unfounded opinion again.

One thing I know is that if he has an appraisal of the value of the building in the current state and the City tears the building down, then there is a good case to be had to sue the city for the loss of the remaining asset irrespective of laws dealing with aesthetics.

Every building is a potential hazard. This one no less than many others. Just remember the recent news of building facades collapsing and killing people.

Building under construction are a potential hazard. Did you notice that there is no overhead pedestrian protection on the building going up at 3rd and George? That is a hazard.

wanna see a derelict building ... downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

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B&B took a long time and he was not underinsured. Are you underinsured? Am I? No, we took the insurance that the agent recommended. Insurance companys are a scam to start with,so don't be giving them a thumbs up.

And as far as being a hazard, the only people who are going to be hurt live in the alley. No one else goes there.

It's not a potential hazard? Does it have a functioning sprinkler system? I doubt it.

Is it locked properly so no one can get inside and accidently start a fire or fall down the stairs or out of one of the missing windows?

The Caine Building is definately an eyesore, but what about the building across 2nd ST? Its not boarded up and falling down, but it is a huge crack shack! Isn't that more disturbing?

Diplomat posted:

"It's not a potential hazard? Does it have a functioning sprinkler system? I doubt it.

Is it locked properly so no one can get inside and accidently start a fire or fall down the stairs or out of one of the missing windows?"

I think you are describing the B&B building under construction to a T.........

Here is a list of the risks of fire in buildings under construction by a US Risk Control Service.

Walk through any wood frame building under construction in PG and you will have many parts of a checklist which cannot be checked off because the recommended procedures are just not done, and many probably even unheard of by the workers.

http://www.calstate.edu/cpdc/CM/Insurance_Handouts/ACE_Documents/BRFireACE.PDF

None of you are familiar with Mr Millns are you?