City of Dayton hires architectural firm to study use of downtown building following storm damage

The city of Dayton spent almost $75,000 to study the future of a building that partially collapsed, creating a million dollars in damage and closing nearby streets.

The property that is in question is 34 North Main Street in downtown Dayton. It’s been almost a year since the fancy façade at the top of the building gave way during a storm, creating huge damage to the building and the Stratacache Tower that sits next door.

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Emergency work helped fix the damage, but the city wants the entire building productively reused to boost downtown.

Dayton City Manager Shelly Dickstein said, “They are renowned for adaptive reuse architecture.”…

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