A Tale of Two Buildings

During the long holiday weekend last week, I grabbed a few photos around town to take advantage of the nice weather. There's a lot going on.

The conversion of the former Gel-Pak Building to the new home of Lorain County Health & Dentistry is moving along nicely (below).

Quite a difference from what it looked like last February (below).

Now if someone can only come up with a brick coating that repels graffiti. (I think I did see that product – in an early 1980s Al Jaffee cartoon feature in MAD magazine. A long-haired hippie type unknowingly sprays some graffiti on a wall that has a teflon-like coating, only to see his handiwork disappear. The panel ends with him pulling out his hair in frustration.)

Conversely, the conversion of the former Admiral King High School to a pile of rubble is also moving along well, not so nicely – mainly because it is an unhappy sight for an AK alumnus to behold. The whole property has been surrounded by a fence for some time now, and very slowly the building is being gutted (below).

It's sad to look over and see this in progress.