Peoria Illinoisan

Not long after Kirk Wessler reported Bradley’s demolition work was falling behind schedule, he paid another visit to the soon to be gone neighborhood.

“I talked with one of the men who has negotiated with Bradley to salvage some of the significant features of the old homes. He was working on a house in the 800 block and was very frustrated. As he put it, the house already had been “raped” by a local antique dealer who had yanked brass fixtures off some of the walls, leaving behind ripped and splintered molding.

This fellow lives on the West Bluff and was carefully trying to salvage some of the framing and woodwork to use in rehabbing his own home. Others in the neighborhood have been doing the same thing, but some stuff is just being left to the bulldozers.”

If Bradley truly was falling behind schedule, it seems to me that they’re trying to make up for lost time by screwing anyone who wants to save some architectural history.

“What a waste. It seems to me more of this stuff could have been sold and put to good use, if more effort had been made to let people know it was available.”

Yes, what a waste.

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