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Originally Posted by ericfallon
It is not the American way or all about the beans.
What was code back then, and what is code now, are two very different things, and to bring an older building up to todays codes, and to add all the stuff that was not avail back then. it cost 2 to 3 TIMES what it does to smash it and build new..
The contractors and developers didn't make and change the regulations .
Blame city hall.
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Pretty much my thoughts also. I can't prove the numbers, but retrofitting older structures -- making them meet all current required standards -- must be hugely expensive. Probably not even possible in some cases. I'm sure it's far less costly, and much faster, to raze the old and built new from scratch.