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Between the two meetings, attorneys for each side spent hours negotiating. The owner, Stephen A. Bell, and developer, Conal C. Doyle '66, wanted a solution which would speed construction of the condominiums. Douglas A. Randall, attorney for the Rent Control Board, the building inspector and the Historical Commission, wanted to save face for his clients and do what was best for the city as a whole. The contradiction in goals was too much; the commission upheld its earlier decision, and the facade faces almost certain demolition today...
...least two opposing sides already claim victory. John O. Mirick, Bell's attorney, who so far has four civil suits riding on the case, says the law is on his side. He was already successfully in the first civil appeal, which challenged the Historical Commission's imposition of penalties for violation of the landmark ordinance. In it. Doyle contended that Sullivan's signature approving the construction drawings constituted the board's approval of the demolition...
...moratorium the commission seems to be standing behind Sullivan. One commissioner accused Doyle of "intellectual dishonesty" Although it may not be for another seat, the commission will have to face Mirick in a suit for damages accruing from the construction delay. So far, the delay has cost Doyle and Bell an estimated $70,000 in legal fees and interest payments on a construction loan...
...Doyle has not acted in good faith," asserts another nearby resident. Powell Woodward, who tried single, handedly to stop the demolition on the morning of June 14. His worries go beyond, the loss of an historical landmark. "The evidence is pretty strong that Mr. Doyle and Mr. Bell are in it for the money." Woodward says...
...chided Bell as an absentee landlord who let the building deteriorate for its five low-and moderate-income tenants. Within a year and a half after Doyle's original application for demolition--before the site was declared a landmark--two cases of arson gutted the structure. After some tenants moved out after the first fire. Woodward accuses Bell of removing the units' radiators to discourage future tenants. After the second confirmed arson. "Bell left the building exposed to the elements for two years," according to Woodward...