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SHPO Signals Support for Deconstructing Three Downtown Buildings; County to Record and Mitigate
Summary
County architects told the Tompkins County Downtown Facilities Special Committee that the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has verbally supported deconstructing three contributing downtown buildings and building a new center of government, subject to mitigation measures including documentation and interpretive elements.
Tompkins County officials told the Downtown Facilities Special Committee that the State Historic Preservation Office has signaled support for deconstructing three downtown buildings and replacing them with a single new center-of-government building, subject to agreed mitigation measures.
The architect leading the review said SHPO reviewed a multi-option report and toured the three structures before concluding it would support deconstruction in this specific case. The architect said SHPO requested a package of mitigation actions — documentation, drawings, photographs and an interpretive component incorporated into the new building — which county consultants are negotiating now.
Committee members were shown a six-option matrix the design team presented to SHPO. Options ranged from fully…
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