Monday, May 14, 2012

NOT WORTH THE SACRIFICE

Its taken me a while to post but here are some pics of what the area now looks like ...

What you will see in these pics are:

1.  proof that the GLASS HOUSE could have stayed where it was without getting in the way of CVS
2.  proof that the parking lot is way too big for a CVS in that location ... Its Not a WalMart
3.  proof that CVS never intended to put their marquee in that corner spot as they originally told me.
3.  proof that CVS never gave a shit about the future of THE GLASS HOUSE

At any given moment when Im down in Harlingen I drive by that area and NEVER do I see any cars parked in the spots where the GLASS HOUSE once stood. OK actually once I did see 3 trucks parked there but they were there because they were doing business across the street on that side of the lot and decided to park there and walk across ... But that had nothing to do with CVS.

CVS and THE GLASS HOUSE could have co-existed peacefully without any doubt whatsoever. But the bottom line as I keep saying is that NO ONE CARED to save THE GLASS HOUSE. Not CVS, not the Mayor of Harlingen, not the MacPhereson's family, not Murphy who owned the land where CVS now stands and from what I was told also owned the land where the GLASS HOUSE was. Some argue that he never owned it and it was MacPhereson that owned but bottom line they all DID NOT CARE.
And to think the City of Harlingen had a Centennial Celebration coming up and they allowed this historic building to be bulldozed all for nothing. Trust me CVS will be out of that area in a couple of years. They will sell it, make a huge profit and the GLASS HOUSE suffered the sacrifice.
Tell me, do you think this historic building that once stood in this location since the 1930's was worth tearing down all for a couple parking spaces and some green space ? .... WHAT A SCAM !

... BEFORE

... AFTER

... BEFORE

... DEMOLISHED

... AFTER

The Glass House Grave Site

Here once stood THE GLASS HOUSE

NO ONE EVER PARKS HERE

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