Webster University says Lure Library is functionally obsolete and seeks flexibility to market site
The university told the Historic Preservation Commission it has pursued multiple adaptive uses for the Lure Library without success, that appraisals and prospective buyers describe the building as functionally obsolete, and that it is seeking the option (not an immediate plan) to have demolition available to prospective buyers.
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Webster University representatives told the Historic Preservation Commission that the Lure Library on the Eden parcel has been underused for years and that repeated efforts to convert the building were not operationally or financially viable.
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