Thorne sez, “I grew up in a bookstore in a 150 year old Victorian mansion in Rock Hill, St. Louis. I lived in an upstairs room until I was about 10, and we needed the space for more books.
This weekend a demolition crew came into my family’s store to take measurements for a proposed demolition. An out of state company wants to build an industrial storage facility on this location. This has been an operating independent family business for 30 years and I’m posting it because I believe this type of development needs attention. A friend started a change.org petition over the weekend.
Also – it’s haunted.”
Apparently, the landlord is an “older guy who just wants to sell the property,” and the real leverage point here is whether the city grants permission for the demolition and the storage facility.
City of Rock Hill, Missouri: Stop the tear-down and redevelopment of The Book House
[Change.org]
Book House Issues Call To Stave Off Eviction [Publishers Weekly]