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NorthEscambia.com Readers Lead Town To Tear Down Building
October 23, 2008
Comments from NorthEscambia.com readers led the Century Town Council to take action on an abandoned building owned by the town.
The town council has voted to have Mayor Freddie McCall explore tearing down the town owned building on Mayo Street, or if there is any chance of repairing the structure.
The white, mostly brick building at 7601 Mayo Street housed doctors offices and even a pharmacy and soda fountain years ago. It has been abandoned for several years and is in an obvious state of disrepair with roof and structural problems.
“The town of Century itself needs to do some enforcing of their own property before the town council deems others in town to be a disgrace. I was visiting the pharmacy on Mayo street and noticed that the town of Century has let the “old” pharmacy building go into total disrepair,” a NorthEscambia.com reader commented on a September 26 NorthEscambia.com story about Century discussing code enforcement options with Escambia County.”The town must set the example don’t you think? Just as parents do their children.”
“I’m sure you’ve read on NorthEscambia.com that people think we need to clean up our own,” Council member Ann Brooks told the council.
The building is located across from the Century Family Practice. The walls of the building are cracked, the roof is damaged, window are busted out and a small tree or bush is growing from the roof.
Pictured above: Comments posted by readers of NorthEscambia.com led the Century Town Council to vote to either make repairs to tear down this building owned by the town at 7601 Mayo Street. Pictured below: The interior of the building just inside the front door. Picture below, middle, an obvious crack in a wall inside the building. Picture bottom: The deteriorating roof on the building is host to a weed. NorthEscambia.com photos.
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2 Responses to “NorthEscambia.com Readers Lead Town To Tear Down Building”
Here is an idea, lets tear it down and make it aprking lot for the down town area. I am personally tired of having to dodge cars that are parked in the road waiting on prescriptions from the drug store.
It’s about time!