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Collapsing buildings guarded by attack cat
By adamg on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 11:02am
Yesterday, Flatheadjake took a series of photos of the decaying Hotel Alexandra and Ivory Bean buildings on Washington Street by Mass. Ave. - which sparked an emergency response by firefighters, police and building inspectors on Tuesday when one of the Ivory Bean building's walls appeared about to collapse in high winds. He reports the cat is not at all friendly and resisted efforts at rescue.
The Church of Scientology now owns the properties and plans to renovate them for use as its new Boston headquarters. In the meantime, however, they continue to fall apart. The buildings were already marked with a prominent white-on-red X meant to keep firefighters out in case of fire:
The brick fell from this third-floor lintel, which juts out from the building and sways in the wind:
The new fencing put up by a contractor for the city:
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Intended neglect?
I've read that the Church of Scientology has beaucoup bucks thanks to a star studded list of affluent members. If they really intend to renovate this property, based on these articles they could start tomorrow (or even today).
If this is not correct - someone please amend the record.
But if it is, are they just waiting for a historic building to crumble so they can build whatever they please after arguing that the building is beyond repair?
Uh-oh. Now you did it.
Uh-oh. Now you did it. Better throw some salt over your shoulder and knock on wood. The Church of Bogeyman is comin' for ya now.
The first rule of Scientology: Do not talk about Scientology. Their lawyers enforce this through targeted (character) assassination and litigation.
L RON 4 EVA
Who are we kidding? This is Boston
As was suggested in the other post about the buildings, the issue might not be the church itself but the labyrinth any large project in Boston goes through - especially one involving a historic building, such as the old hotel.
They got their permit long ago
This is just malign neglect now.
In fact, there is a long
In fact, there is a long permitting process, including several different community groups that have to be dealt with one by one. The plan was to gut the inside and save the facade. Seeing as the previous owners didn't follow through on development and the Scientologists bought the thing just as the country teeters on economic collapse, I'd give them a break. The area has been a slum for 100 years - I doubt much maintenance has been done over the years.
Shouldn't you be dealing with your own engrams?
You're probably just not at a high enough OT level to understand the true motivation of the church's continued sacrifice of this building to the elements.
Clearly, it used to be a holding cell for body thetans. They can't enter it until it is cleansed.
Perhaps the cat is on guard
Perhaps the cat is on guard against scientology cult members?
Maybe he is waiting to be saved by Xenu
I wish I could upvote this.
Adam - How about some features of reddit all up in here? You know, since we have lol cats n' all. :)
According to the wonderful piece in the New Yorker
the "Church" has plenty of slave labor to go around, let's get em down here!
Link to New Yorker article on Scientology
is here. Set aside a couple of hours if you decide to read this. In the print magazine it takes up 27 pages.
Co$ keeps almost losing its Somerville storage lockers
From Wicked Local Somerville blog:
Church of Scientology keeps almost losing its Somerville storage
Auction is scheduled for Tuesday 2/15 at 10 am.
Don't buy it
It's full of thetans
Pretty sure the cat
is the reincarnate of LRH. It has been foretold, in the $pecial Edition of Dianetics, recently unearthed from behind Tom Cruise's Happy Jumping Couch.
Yes, Tom Cruise is the Joseph Smith of Scientology.
And yes, I recently watched both episodes (Scientology and Mormon) of South Park.
dumb dumb dumb
dumb dumb!
john travolta could rub it and make it better
i hear he helped marlon brando once.