Sleek, doomed
Posted September 8, 2008 | Published by The News & Observer, North Carolina
With one $200 million-plus project -- the new convention center -- opening in downtown Raleigh, construction of another is expected to start next year. That's the planned 11-story Wake County Justice Center, intended to house scattered county offices and, mainly, to replace a severely cramped courthouse. For sure, the new building will offer far better facilities. But progress comes at a price, and in this case it's not just the cost of construction. Destruction will take a toll, too. As planned, a fine building must be torn down to clear the way for the new Justice Center. All in all it's a handsome building that rewards a second look. It could have a future -- might even come to be treasured, much as earlier styles are today -- but it stands smack in the way of the insistent new Justice Center. That's a shame, one duly noted by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which recently placed the Garland Jones on its threatened building list.
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