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Residents urge pause on Firestone Building demolition, cite bid discrepancies and reuse options
Summary
Public commenters told Akron City Council the $5 million demolition plan needs further study, pointing to bid inconsistencies, historic features at risk and potential adaptive reuse.
Several residents urged Akron City Council on Tuesday to delay demolition of the Firestone Building and to re-evaluate the project’s costs and scope. Public commenters said bids submitted for the work contain inconsistencies and that demolition could jeopardize historic features and potential reuse of the structure.
The most direct warnings came from Dana Noel, who said she reviewed the three bids and found “two flawed aspects” in the apparent low-cost proposals. Noel said one bidder, identified in the bids as Esalich, proposed replacing the front building’s…
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