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The Velveteen Ocelot

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3. They might want to keep it and invest it so they have a long-term maintenance fund.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Apr 26, 2019, 12:53 PM

Apr 2019

The building was already in a state of disrepair because they couldn't afford to make repairs as needed - whoever was in charge of the place didn't want to charge admission to visitors, as with a lot of important historic buildings, so things were steadily deteriorating. If they're going to spend big bucks to rebuild it they should have funds on hand to keep maintaining it.

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