Just because something is old, doesn't mean we have to make a big deal over it. Interestingly, the owner hasn't lived there in a very long time. Reports confirm that the building has been rented out to a man named Schwartz for at least the last 8 years.
According to one article, Schwartz created a sort of museum inside the house, displaying photos and other archival material of historical Phoenix. He even built a coffee bar in the house that he opened to the public during recent 'First Fridays'.
He called it 'The Emerson Espresso Preservation Lounge'. But the business is now listed as 'temporarily closed'. The owner of the property would have had to be on board with the use of his home as a commercial business or coffee shop. There would have been health code compliance and variances obtained and zoning changes petitioned and approved. Maybe the Schwartz fellow is a relative of the owner. Who knows.
And, according to the news article, Mr. Young (the owner) lived there in the 1970s - 1990s. Nowhere does it say he lived there after that! Perhaps this whole cry of 'they are taking my home!' is a ruse to get more $$$ out of ASU.
Mr. Young can't claim victimhood over his primary residence being condemned, when it is not where he lives and is actually a rental property that has a tenant in it.
And there's this: Young said ASU bumped its offer to $999,000, but Young refused because ASU wouldn’t pay for relocating the house, which Young said would cost between $2 million and $3 million. [Now that's just ridiculous!]
Just because something is old, doesn't mean we have to make a big deal over it. Interestingly, the owner hasn't lived there in a very long time. Reports confirm that the building has been rented out to a man named Schwartz for at least the last 8 years.
According to one article, Schwartz created a sort of museum inside the house, displaying photos and other archival material of historical Phoenix. He even built a coffee bar in the house that he opened to the public during recent 'First Fridays'.
He called it 'The Emerson Espresso Preservation Lounge'. But the business is now listed as 'temporarily closed'. The owner of the property would have had to be on board with the use of his home as a commercial business or coffee shop. There would have been health code compliance and variances obtained and zoning changes petitioned and approved. Maybe the Schwartz fellow is a relative of the owner. Who knows.
And, according to the news article, Mr. Young (the owner) lived there in the 1970s - 1990s. Nowhere does it say he lived there after that! Perhaps this whole cry of 'they are taking my home!' is a ruse to get more $$$ out of ASU.
Mr. Young can't claim victimhood over his primary residence being condemned, when it is not where he lives and is actually a rental property that has a tenant in it.
And there's this: Young said ASU bumped its offer to $999,000, but Young refused because ASU wouldn’t pay for relocating the house, which Young said would cost between $2 million and $3 million. [Now that's just ridiculous!]
See this:
https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Emerson-Espresso-Preservation-Lounge-100086227214958/
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/asu-moves-seize-raze-historic-phoenix-home-medical-school-40673272/