Demolition of former police station makes way for new Union Station Building

Because it would have QUADRUPLED the cost of the demolition...I am going home and opening all my windows and turning my thermostat down to 60 because of you tonight!

YOU should have bought it if you thought the building to be so significant... Last...DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YA when you leave...and DON'T COME BACK!

It's a matter of taste I suppose. Wilmington has preserved a lot of the older buildings, but this one was just plain ugly. Why would we want to save it? Plus it didn't fit in the plan of the new one going up that will be much nicer and more feasible, not to mention better built! Have fun in Charleston...and good riddance!

Some buildings are worth saving, and some aren't. The old police station was an ugly, insignificant white elephant of an eyesore that would have cost millions to rid it of the asbestos and bring it up to modern code. All that money could have been spent to end up with a building that is still ugly. I applaud CFCC for the Union Station building that will take this building's place. I remember with awe, the old Union Station and got goosebumps when I saw the artist's rendering of the new building. We can have admirable growth tied to our heritage with thoughtful planning and design like CFCC is doing. More than I can say about a few other new buildings downtown that look like George Jetson designed them.

i would have to agree that this building should have been preserved and renovated. al said it right.

i agree this building may have been used if renovated.

Ummmmm, bye.

Adios!!!

see ya

It'll be different not to see the police station building downtown, but I don't think I'll miss it. It's been a real rat-trap for years. It was built by the railroad in 1945, but was abandoned a decade later when they left Wilmington in the mid-50s, leaving downtown a ghost town. The building was never maintained well and was constantly plaqued with a number of problems. The police department deserted the building as soon as the new station was finished two years ago. And if you want to keep downtown strong, you better hope CFCC stays put. CFCC is the only thing growing in downtown. Take a walk down Front St. and you'll see vacant storefronts on every block. If it wasn't for CFCC and the students and employees who are down there every day, many existing busineses would suffer even more than they are now. As for the north campus, the college just opened a brand new building up there a month ago and has plans for another in a couple of years. Keep up the good work, CFCC!

Can I drive you to the airport? If that building was so important to you, why didn't you try to buy it so you could spend your money to preserve an old run down building?

I can't see how you can say that people in Charleston care? Whenever I've been there I'm appalled at the hundreds of once gorgeous homes lining blocks along the city side of the bridge that are past repair now. I saw plenty of modern buildings alongside historic ones on Charleston's waterfront. Perhaps you would like to see CFCC's students subjected to possible asbestos exposure along with mold and other unhealthy things that couldn't simply be painted over in the old, and ugly, police station. Have you actually looked at the plans for the new building? You've obviously got internet access, since you were able to post your opinion, so hopefully you can go take a look for yourself at http://cfcc.edu/pio/UStation/ . The new project has its roots in Wilmington's past. It will provide much more usable, and safer, space for students and faculty alike. I don't think one can possibly argue that it's not going to beautify the corner of Front and Red Cross that is currently an eyesore. Just because something's old doesn't automatically make it worth preserving.