2 Comments Posted by BigED

When I worked there,During the Summer we would watch thunderstorms approach form th 5th floor Bonner Builing solariums. Usually we could see them coming from the direction of Lawrence. I gotta tell you watching a storm approach from that height can be a spectacular view

I make no comment on tearing down, and renovation of DSH. I am a former employee, worked in the Kirkbride and Bonner buildings for 16 years, on the 11 to 7 shift. My Dad, and Aunt worked there as well. So I grew up a Hill brat so to speak. Nostalgically I think the demolition is a shame. It's been abandoned for 14 years. The Kirkbride was actually more or less closed several years before. The place is a fire trap. Asbestos is literally every where. The state was not going to take care of it . Let Avalon do their thing. The facades, somewhat, will remain. The place will be cleaner, safer, and still full of memories for former residents, employees, and the surrounding communities for as long as "The Hill" exists, in whatever incarnation it ends up in. I do not envy the condo owners. I'm sure the place is haunted. Destroying parts of the place will certainly arouse those grouned spirits that remain