we got the news that the demolition is cancelled and they are giving us the time we asked for. i honestly cant believe this worked but the building is officially safe to move forward with the planning. thanks to everyone who signed because we really stopped this from happening.
September 5, 2015
Final supporters
Thank you for your time and interest in preserving and reinvigorating the historic Jackson Street Apartments. The old Jackson Street Apartments are slated for demolition any day unless Baptist Community Services will give extra time to formulate a redevelopment plan.
The project has attracted the interest of an architect, John Campo Jr. that specializes in historic rehabilitation projects, especially through historic tax credits. Mr. Campo is working with investors and needs 30 days to submit a proposal to Baptist Community Services.
Jackson Square is a historic building downtown and in the Plemons Eakle Historic District. It and others like it are important to our city’s history, as well as to her future economic growth. Historic buildings have great opportunities that vacant lots do not. I would like to ask for more time to redevelop this important building. Now is not the time to be tearing down, but rather redeveloping. This is evident with the market-rate residential projects under way, like the Firestone, Lofts on 10th, and the Barfield building. We are on the brink of significant success downtown and in the surrounding neighborhoods, and Jackson Square can be part of that success.
Thus, we humbly ask Baptist Community Services to relent in their plans to demolish Jackson Square Apartments for one month to give John Campo and his team time to formulate a redevelopment plan.
Updates
July 16, 2015
im still in talks with the team and we are pushing hard to get that extra month for the redevelopment plan. honestly the silence from baptist community services is frustrating but we are going to keep making noise until they listen.
July 16, 2015
checking the numbers today honestly blew me away. its cool to see so many people actually care about saving these buildings and keeping our neighborhood history alive.
Reached 100 supporters
July 16, 2015
62 Comments
Saving and rehabbing these well-constructed and -designed older buildings is a major part of keeping the character of a city alive. You'll never equal the construction materials and details. An apartment like this in AMA was one of the most charming places I ever lived (and I've been around).
I grew up in Amarillo, but now live in Tulsa. Tulsa has done an excellent job of revitalizing older buildings...to be honest, it's where the young 20/30-somethings want to live these days. Hope this petition is successful!
How much of our history are we going to demolish for "city code" and budgets. True leaders in a city find a way to preserve, reuse, and rejuvenate historic structures. BCS please be a leader with the resources you have.
Please do not demolish another historic Amarillo building !!! Like Thad Ansley said so long ago, "If the Alamo had been in Amarillo they'd have torn it down and made a parking lot out of it long ago." Sadly the tradition remains, downtown Amarillo is just a ghost of what it once was.
I remember when hip young college students lived here. It was a vibrant community. And then slum lords took over and the beauty of this special place was destroyed. Please consider history and doing the right thing though it may be somewhat costly and take more time...you are preserving Amarillo like was done with the Talmadge we hold so dear.
Please don’t destroy history! We should be saving and restoring these beautiful works of art.
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we got the news that the demolition is cancelled and they are giving us the time we asked for. i honestly cant believe this worked but the building is officially safe to move forward with the planning. thanks to everyone who signed because we really stopped this from happening.
September 5, 2015
Final supporters
Thank you for your time and interest in preserving and reinvigorating the historic Jackson Street Apartments. The old Jackson Street Apartments are slated for demolition any day unless Baptist Community Services will give extra time to formulate a redevelopment plan.
The project has attracted the interest of an architect, John Campo Jr. that specializes in historic rehabilitation projects, especially through historic tax credits. Mr. Campo is working with investors and needs 30 days to submit a proposal to Baptist Community Services.
Jackson Square is a historic building downtown and in the Plemons Eakle Historic District. It and others like it are important to our city’s history, as well as to her future economic growth. Historic buildings have great opportunities that vacant lots do not. I would like to ask for more time to redevelop this important building. Now is not the time to be tearing down, but rather redeveloping. This is evident with the market-rate residential projects under way, like the Firestone, Lofts on 10th, and the Barfield building. We are on the brink of significant success downtown and in the surrounding neighborhoods, and Jackson Square can be part of that success.
Thus, we humbly ask Baptist Community Services to relent in their plans to demolish Jackson Square Apartments for one month to give John Campo and his team time to formulate a redevelopment plan.
Updates
July 16, 2015
im still in talks with the team and we are pushing hard to get that extra month for the redevelopment plan. honestly the silence from baptist community services is frustrating but we are going to keep making noise until they listen.
July 16, 2015
checking the numbers today honestly blew me away. its cool to see so many people actually care about saving these buildings and keeping our neighborhood history alive.
Reached 100 supporters
July 16, 2015
62 Comments
Grew up in this neighborhood on Van Buren. My husband lived there - sweet memories of this historic building. Really sad about it possibly being torn down. I hate how so many of the historic places in Amarillo are just torn down and not preserved. Other cities don't do this like Amarillo does. We need to preserve our heritage.
Saving and rehabbing these well-constructed and -designed older buildings is a major part of keeping the character of a city alive. You'll never equal the construction materials and details. An apartment like this in AMA was one of the most charming places I ever lived (and I've been around).
I grew up in Amarillo, but now live in Tulsa. Tulsa has done an excellent job of revitalizing older buildings...to be honest, it's where the young 20/30-somethings want to live these days. Hope this petition is successful!
How much of our history are we going to demolish for "city code" and budgets. True leaders in a city find a way to preserve, reuse, and rejuvenate historic structures. BCS please be a leader with the resources you have.
Please do not demolish another historic Amarillo building !!! Like Thad Ansley said so long ago, "If the Alamo had been in Amarillo they'd have torn it down and made a parking lot out of it long ago." Sadly the tradition remains, downtown Amarillo is just a ghost of what it once was.
I remember when hip young college students lived here. It was a vibrant community. And then slum lords took over and the beauty of this special place was destroyed. Please consider history and doing the right thing though it may be somewhat costly and take more time...you are preserving Amarillo like was done with the Talmadge we hold so dear.
Please don’t destroy history! We should be saving and restoring these beautiful works of art.
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Grew up in this neighborhood on Van Buren. My husband lived there - sweet memories of this historic building. Really sad about it possibly being torn down. I hate how so many of the historic places in Amarillo are just torn down and not preserved. Other cities don't do this like Amarillo does. We need to preserve our heritage.