Sunday, May 20, 2007

The [Parkview] Plan (Part 4)

A brief comment….

...on something I overlooked from the Chieftain article I fisked yesterday.

This caught my eye yesteday and I didn’t want to address it at that time. I wanted to let it percolate through this limestone core I call a brain.

“If you came here to hear why we’re tearing down the Beaumont House, we’re not,” he [C.W. Smith, CEO of Parkview Hospital] said.

Now, having slept on it a bit, here is my observation of what C.W. said.

Being a trained combat engineer, I know there are a number of different ways you can destroy a structure. Bulldozing it, a la Thatcher House 2003, is just one technique. Tearing it down with a wrecking crew is another. Then one can burn it down….say in an unfortunate accident. Something like what happpened to Mineral Palace Park’s green house. Or, on a more ‘uplifting’ approach, one can blow it up….“Gas leak! Everybody out before it blows!”

Then, if you’re REALLY into the esoteric approaches, one could use biological weapons. Things like termites. Or unique molds that would require the destruction of the place as it was no longer acceptable for meetings with people who might be allergic to such.

There are as many ways to destroy a building as one can imagine. The end result is the building is gone and one can always build something else there….maybe even a few thousand more square feet of profitable hospital structure.

Personally, if I were in C.W.‘s position, I’d turn Beaumont House into my personal office, complete with a three-star chef and kitchen crew to support lavish meetings and parties. In the mid-80s, at 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Headquarters, the area where the generals worked was referred to as ‘Carpet Country’. It was, from a lowly grunt’s perspective, very posh. They always did things with panache. I would think that the CEO of an organization like Parkview would see the advantage and prestige of Beaumont House as their CEO’s office and Public Relations interface with a community that treasures historic buildings like that grand old house.

More, later today. Right now the Sunday Morning Brunch tradition at Casa Pelto Pueblo must be attended too. The Richmond BBQ Pork (left overs) hash is about ready. The biscuits are baking and I need to start the eggs.

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