i'm not even sure what they're doing to that poor building now, but it looks like they're putting in new, deeper metal trusses, which is not an easy thing to do and still leave a roof on the building --- probably because somebody told them that "it didn't meet code" --- that is one of the bullshit phrases that cost us a lot of historic buildings ---
of course, it doesn't meet code, no building does except those built in the last ten years --- even the building codes recognize that, but there is no incentive for an unscrupulous architect or contractor who might be making a percentage off all the work that he directs to do less rather than more ---
i'm not even sure what they're doing to that poor building now, but it looks like they're putting in new, deeper metal trusses, which is not an easy thing to do and still leave a roof on the building --- probably because somebody told them that "it didn't meet code" --- that is one of the bullshit phrases that cost us a lot of historic buildings --- of course, it doesn't meet code, no building does except those built in the last ten years --- even the building codes recognize that, but there is no incentive for an unscrupulous architect or contractor who might be making a percentage off all the work that he directs to do less rather than more --- 
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