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Planning board approves demolition review for 54 Rapp Road amid preservation objections
Summary
After testimony that the house at 54 Rapp Road is structurally unsafe and contains asbestos, the Albany City Planning Board approved a demolition review; neighbors and the Rapp Road Historical Association urged restorative reuse and warned against rezoning to commercial use.
The Albany City Planning Board voted to approve a demolition review for 54 Rapp Road on Feb. 3 after hearing testimony from the property representative and multiple preservation advocates.
Vamonte Sherman, representing owner Henry Sherman, described extensive structural decay at the property built around 1923 and said contractors and an environmental consultant estimated restoration costs at more than "200,000." Sherman said inspectors found rotten floor framing, holes through the floor to the basement and asbestos in roof materials, and he described evidence of…
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