Former buildings of King Records in Cincinnati to be demolished

[chas_kit]

You'd think the city of Cincinnati would find a way to save two small brick buildings next to the interstate that are important to country/bluegrass music and r&b/r'n'r, but maybe not:

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2015/08/21/king-records-cincinnati/32120299/

 

[MopTopMike]

This is one example when a bloated rock star like bonehead Bono should pony up to preserve the building - they can afford it.

Asking the city residents to pay for a building renovation is not right, or fair, since I'm sure their taxes are already through the roof in today's lousy economy.

 

[HarvestmanMan]

They may have been important to those musical genres in the past, but King has not been in town for decades now since Starday came in.

If the building was worth preserving, it should have been preserved before being neglected and reused for years upon years. It's not a time capsule and I bet that very little of the original contents remain apart from the outside.

Needless to say, I am not in the camp of supporters clamoring to save the buildings.

(Some family members do not agree and have attended hearings to support the preservation, which in turn has led to interesting conversations about the "Cincinnati sound" - or why, in my opinion, it doesn't exist...)

 

[chas_kit]

I remember going to Memphis 20 years ago and looking for Stax only to find it had been torn down. It would be a shame for King to suffer that fate too. Unlike Stax, if demolished I doubt it would ever be rebuilt.

 

[Frantic]

If the building was worth preserving, it should have been preserved before being neglected and reused for years upon years. It's not a time capsule and I bet that very little of the original contents remain apart from the outside.

Needless to say, I am not in the camp of supporters clamoring to save the buildings.

They've been trying to preserve it for decades, but it's just now getting the public attention. The reason it wasn't preserved is because there's always been too many people IN YOUR CAMP (people who don't support saving buildings) who feel the same way as you. So if YOUR CAMP would have helped save KING years ago, it would be a landmark today. Back in the 70s, I used to walk by it all the time to go to movies downtown.

 

[HarvestmanMan]

Note how the article doesn't mention any plans to actually do anything with the structure besides tearing it down. My prediction for that is many ideas for the property being tossed around while the buildings themselves deteriorate even more due to vacancy. A historical marker, sadly, doesn't save some landmarks (for another local example, see the Glencoe apartments).

Walking on Brewster Avenue is not one of the best ideas, movies or no movies...