Wow...how about EMME buys the property and then does whatever she wants with it. Maybe she will foot a half million dollar tax bill each year and then she can decide piece by piece to whom we would like to give each crappy seventy year old brick to. This is private property and the owner is under no obligation to do anything other than what he wants with it. As a nearby resident, I could not be more thrilled that this guy has finally chosen to tear down this terrible blight of the neighborhood. I really cannot believe how so many people are villifying this developer. It is his investment and his decisions. If you don't like it then raise the money to buy it yourself. Clearly, their are very few business people here, looks more like far lefters (let's save the beautiful trees and glass blocks!). Frankly as an investment this guy has been spot on, the lot has practically doubled in value over the last decade and he has probably put next to nil in terms of additional capital into it.