PUBLIC HEARING ON FATE OF KING RECORDS BUILDING =
City Planning Commission
FRI Aug 21 at 9am
Two Centennial Plaza
Behind City Hall
805 Central Ave
Cincinnati USA
This is the next step after unanimous support from Historic Conversation Board. After Planning Commission, this goes to City Council. The number of votes needed at City Hall will vary based upon what happens at Planning Commission. In other words, we want another unanimous vote.
King Records Building owner has still not accepted our requests to sit down and find win-win with us and continues to send lawyer with message that they want to demolish the building! Mayor Cranley continues to be on our side and is actively engaged. Help us reach out to Council so we can be united to do what it takes to strike the appropriate balance. So far, all have been supportive, so we ask they take action to show it, like with FRI Aug 21 meeting before it arrives on their agenda. There has to be a win-win figured out before it’s too late.
david.mann@cincinnati-oh.gov
yvette.simpson@cincinnati-oh.
kevin.flynn@cincinnati-oh.gov
amy.murray@cincinnati-oh.gov
chris.seelbach@cincinnati-oh.
pg.sittenfeld@cincinnati-oh.
christopher.smitherman@
charlie.winburn@cincinnati-oh.
wendell.young@cincinnati-oh.
AND Let’s not ignore the fact that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dedicated the King Records Building (currently threatened with demolition) with a historic landmark in 2008.
When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame President Terry Stewart was asked why the King Brewster buildings should be saved, he provided the following statement: