Quote Originally Posted by mtburb View Post
Maybe it it survived long enough, it would've eventually ended up under the Macy's nameplate, albeit with several floors shuttered.
Many major cities did hold onto their downtown retail battleships. We were unfortunate in that it was a really big battleship -- and our city leadership focused more on remembering their historical racism than it did on adjusting their property taxes to the realities of the 80s.

I do have to think that there are some people who realize today just how valuable that building would be in today's market -- but instead fed off the carcass.

Does anyone know how closed CAY came to any of the big deal he was working on -- most notably the Blue Cross/Blue Shield relocation?