Ah, so the rumours were only wishful thinking, I guess. That's pretty much straight from the horse's mouth.
They've left the job awfully late, though...we've got another month at most before it starts snowing.
I'm echoing eveyone's thoughts, but it's going to be sad to see it come down.
I should elaborate: I've been to several events there (as recently as 2010) and on the inside, the extent of the disrepair is quite obvious. I can only imagine it's gotten worse now that the building has stood vacant for several months.
Either way: there's rumours part of the building...
There's a rumour going around that the facade is going to be used as part of the footprint of the new building. I had noticed they were only demo'ing the addition,and now that they've cleared their equipment away it looks like there could be some truth to it.
All the same: this picture shows...
The Hungarian House was/is in a state of disrepair, unfortunately, and I suppose no one was interested in spending millions in reno'ing it from top to bottom. Its too bad it fell apart the way it has-its central hall has a 30-foot parabolic ceiling that gives concerts and shows a pretty...