Out With The Old & In With The New
Sad news from back home earlier this week. According to an article by Jerry Burnes from the Mesabi Daily News, the Northland Building in Virginia, a building that has seen several different uses, most recently as a government services center, will face the wrecking ball next year and be replaced by a brand new building the following year, similar to the brand new Sheriff's Office and Courthouse just a few blocks down. It joins a long list of buildings in Virginia that are either being remodeled or replaced as time goes on, and it makes me feel a little sad. The Northland Building was not necessarily my absolute favorite place to go as a child, as it was, just like the clinic, a place where you'd sit and wait in a waiting room and play with toys or read a book until it was time to go home. That never stopped me from being in awe at the building's wonderful design, which is truly something to appreciate. For those who haven't been in there before, it's tr...