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Why is the Massey building being torn down?
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taxpayer er
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Date: May 19, 2019 02:54PM
The building is only 50 years old. Seems like a waste.
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Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
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Time marches on...
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Date: May 19, 2019 03:17PM
It’s full of asbestos, and everything that once was there is, or shortly will be, someplace else. Time for it to go.
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
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county resident longtime
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Date: May 19, 2019 03:27PM
Time marches on... Wrote:
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> It’s full of asbestos, and everything that once
> was there is, or shortly will be, someplace else.
> Time for it to go.
Most of our schools are full of asbestos but they are not getting torn down. Walk in to any older schools main office and ask to see the asbestos book, they are required by law to show it to you. Asbestos is not dangerous if it is not disturbed.
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> It’s full of asbestos, and everything that once
> was there is, or shortly will be, someplace else.
> Time for it to go.
Most of our schools are full of asbestos but they are not getting torn down. Walk in to any older schools main office and ask to see the asbestos book, they are required by law to show it to you. Asbestos is not dangerous if it is not disturbed.
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
Posted by:
Mr. Destructo
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Date: May 19, 2019 03:31PM
They’re taking a break from destroying the slums of Falls Church.
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
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Long Time AC Problem Too
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Date: May 19, 2019 06:22PM
Worked in that building, having my first job there, during high school summer breaks around 1979-1981, doing just clerical work paid minimum wage then at $3.35 working for the Fairfax County finance office. Also the AC system, though cool indoors, on a hot almost summer day like today, water would pour down from the corners of the top of the roof 12 stories up near the sidewalk entrances/exits for the building, which you had to dodge to avoid getting wet. I do not know if they ever got that fixed, with no reason to return to that building after my school summer job.
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
Posted by:
Hammer time
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Date: May 19, 2019 06:44PM
Mr. Destructo Wrote:
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> They’re taking a break from destroying the slums
> of Falls Church.
SHUT THE FUCK UP & SIT THE FUCK DOWN, DIMWIT. NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR FROM A PANTYBOY SHITPOSTER LIKE YOU.
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> They’re taking a break from destroying the slums
> of Falls Church.
SHUT THE FUCK UP & SIT THE FUCK DOWN, DIMWIT. NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR FROM A PANTYBOY SHITPOSTER LIKE YOU.
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
Posted by:
Answererer of OP questions
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Date: May 19, 2019 06:45PM
They heard Mr. Destructo was going to open a gay bath house there & didn't want that.
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
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Mr. Destructo
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Date: May 20, 2019 10:56AM
Okay, we're going back to knocking down the slums of Falls Church now. Say "So long!" to what was once West Street.
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
Posted by:
Mr. Destructo
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Date: May 20, 2019 12:22PM
Mr. Destructo Wrote:
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> Okay, we're going back to knocking down the slums
> of Falls Church now. Say "So long!" to what was
> once West Street. In no time, my gay bath house
> and gay bar will be open right there.
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> Okay, we're going back to knocking down the slums
> of Falls Church now. Say "So long!" to what was
> once West Street. In no time, my gay bath house
> and gay bar will be open right there.
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
Posted by:
George Hyman
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Date: May 20, 2019 04:38PM
I used to drive by that building when it was under construction. I thought Hyman built it but it must have been Blake.
"In 1969, the Fairfax County Government moved its offices into the newly constructed 12-story County Governmental Center on the county's exclave in the City of Fairfax. Designed by the architectural firm of Vosbeck, Vosbeck, Kendrick and Redinger and built by Blake Construction, the building was renamed the Massey Building in March 1971 to honor the county's first county executive, Carlton C. Massey"
"In 1969, the Fairfax County Government moved its offices into the newly constructed 12-story County Governmental Center on the county's exclave in the City of Fairfax. Designed by the architectural firm of Vosbeck, Vosbeck, Kendrick and Redinger and built by Blake Construction, the building was renamed the Massey Building in March 1971 to honor the county's first county executive, Carlton C. Massey"
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
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Out with the old
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Date: May 20, 2019 09:20PM
Fifty years is a good run. It’s become a money-pit however and doesn’t have any architectural value. The county can just consolidate everything at the Govt Center, and the city can enjoy a more beneficial use of the land.
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
Posted by:
Bye!Bye!
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Date: May 20, 2019 10:40PM
The building was a huge middle finger by the County to the City. Good riddance...
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
Posted by:
put it to good use
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Date: May 21, 2019 08:57AM
Out with the old Wrote:
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> city can enjoy a more beneficial use of the land.
hopefully they’ll build an extension there for the jail so they can start locking up more illegals. people are sick of all the gangbangers running loose in the streets.
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> city can enjoy a more beneficial use of the land.
hopefully they’ll build an extension there for the jail so they can start locking up more illegals. people are sick of all the gangbangers running loose in the streets.
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
Posted by:
donde
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Date: May 21, 2019 10:55AM
When is it coming down?
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
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In with the older
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Date: May 21, 2019 07:11PM
Out with the old Wrote:
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> more beneficial use of the land.
Build Civil War fortifications complete with battle flags and canons. They can have weekly reenactments to attract tourists and teach them about the history of Northern Virginia.
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> more beneficial use of the land.
Build Civil War fortifications complete with battle flags and canons. They can have weekly reenactments to attract tourists and teach them about the history of Northern Virginia.
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
Posted by:
Updated info
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Date: May 21, 2019 07:12PM
donde Wrote:
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> When is it coming down?
It was torn down 5 months ago, this is an old thread you responded to.
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> When is it coming down?
It was torn down 5 months ago, this is an old thread you responded to.
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
Posted by:
Joke Insurance
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Date: May 23, 2019 08:50AM
Massey Complex Master Plan Project: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/capital-projects/massey-complex-master-plan-project
Re: Why is the Massey building being torn down?
Posted by:
lxdxf
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Date: May 23, 2019 04:47PM