Mornings on the Hill for December 1, 2021

TODAY ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL, HISTORY IS BEING MADE…INTO NEW HOUSING. AND SPEAKING OF HOUSES, THE GINGERBREAD GALLERY IS BACK. AND WE’LL HEAR FROM A STUDENT WHO’S BEEN AFFECTED BUT NOT INFECTED BY THE NEW COVID VARIANT. PLUS, HEAR WHAT S-U PLAYERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT DOUBLE OVERTIME WIN. All that and your weather coming up on this edition of Mornings on the Hill. GOOD MORNING. I’M LAUREN HELMBRECHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL. AND I’M ALEXIS RALEIGH. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR TODAY. CORONAVIRUS CASES ON CAMPUS HAVE DOUBLED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. WE NOW HAVE 27 CASES AMONG FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS. ACCORDING TO C-D-C GUIDELINES, THOSE 27 PEOPLE SHOULD BE IN ISOLATION. THERE ARE NO STUDENTS IN QUARANTINE. ONLY UNVACCINATED OR VACCINEEXEMPT PEOPLE ARE ARE SUBJECT TO QUARANTINE. JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO TRAVEL OVERSEAS- THE OMICRON (AH-MUH-KRAWN) VARIANT SURFACED. ADRIANA ROSAS RIVERA TALKED WITH A SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENT WHO’S HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS ARE RUINED. GRADUATE STUDENT JAMEY BULLOCH WAS GOING TO FLY HOM TO JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA NEXT WEEK…UNTIL HER FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED. JAMEY’S DAD DIED OF COVID LAST DECEMBER AND SHE HASN’T BEEN HOME TO SEE HER FAMILY IN A YEAR. AND IF SHE CAN EVEN LEAVE THE UNITED STATES, SHE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK NEXT SEMESTER.
(“THINGS HAPPEN AFTER A YEAR AND SO MUCH HAS CHANGED BACK HOME AND IM SO DESPERATE TO JUST GO BACK AND BE MYSELF AGAIN. AND, SO THE BIGGEST ANXIETY I GUESS IS THAT FEAR OF MISSING OUT. THINKNG ABOUT DOING THIS PROGRAM REMOTE MAKES ME SO ANXIOUS. I DON’T THINK I CAN COPE WITH THAT.”)
BULLOCH HASN’T BEEN HOME IN A YEAR. AND SHE SAYS SHE WILL PROBABLY GO TO VIRGINIA WITH FRIENDS FOR THE HOLIDAY. SHE IS JUST ONE STORY. THE LATEST TRAVEL BANS AFFECT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, I’M ADRIANA ROZAS RIVERA.
POLICE IN MICHIGAN ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE A MOTIVE FROM YESTERDAY’S SCHOOL SHOOTING THAT LEFT THREE STUDENTS DEAD AND EIGHT OTHERS INJURED. THE SUSPECT IS A 15 YEAR OLD, WHO IS CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY BUT NOT TALKING. AUTHORIES SAY THE GUN BELONGED TO HIS FATHER AND HIS FAMILY HAS HIRED A LAWYER. THIS IS THE 28TH SCHOOL SHOOTING THIS YEAR.
SYRACUSE WILL SOON BE HOME TO THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED DENTAL SUPPLY DISTRIBUTOR. OUR KRIZIA WILLIAMS IS LIVE TO TELL US HOW “ACCESS DENTAL LABORATORIES” IS INSPIRING A COMMUNITY TO DREAM BIG. KRIZIA
THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. ACCESS DENTAL LABORATORIES STARTED OUT AS A HOME BASEMENT PROJECT. BUT IS NOW SHINNING ITS LIGHT HERE ON SOUTH SALINA STREET. THIS COMPANY IS HOPING TO ENCOURAGE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO RISE ABOVE THE STIGMA AND BECOME SOMETHING GREAT.
“There is more to life you know? There’s more opportunities there’s a lot that can be accomplished in this neighborhood.
ACCESS DENTAL LABORATORIES IS IN AN AREA OF POVERTY AND LOW JOB OPPORTUNITY. ANTONIO CHAVIS IS AN EMPLOYEE IN TRAINING. HE SAYS THIS COMPANY IS WHAT THIS SIDE OF TOWN NEEDS.
They associate the better jobs in different parts of town.
CHAVIS SAYS HE BELIEVES THIS JOB WILL TEACH HIM ABOUT LEADERSHIP NOT JUST IN THE WORK PLACE BUT IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE.
” I have a child you know? So it’s definitely something I want her to see me doing, you know, to motivate her.
ACCESS DENTAL LABORATORIES STARTED OUT AS JUST A VISION BOARD AND IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO PUTTING THEIR CONSTRUCTION HATS AWAY AND OPENING ITS DOORS.
Our core value, here at Access, is adding value to people.
TODD REID IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ACCESS. HE SAYS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE WORKED FOR A DENTAL LABORATORY. PEOPLE WOULD COME IN HIDING THEIR SMILES AND WHEN LEAVING THEY COULDN’T HELP BUT SMILE.
I developed a passion for dentistry.
REID SAYS HE HOPES THE COMMUNITY WILL FIND ENCOURAGEMENT IN KNOWING ACCESS IS BLACK OWNED AND RAN. AND THEY TOO CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I think it will be really inspiring to the community just to see something like this to give, you know, young people a vision that this is possible. Andd that something like this can be done. People that look like us can we can do something like this.
REID SAYS BY PROVIDING DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THE COMMUNITY, IT WILL NOT ONLY ADD VALUE TO THE INDIVIDUAL BUT ALSO THEIR HOUSEHOLDS AND THE GENERATIONS TO COME. ACCESS DENTAL LABORATORIES IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN JANUARY OF 20-22. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE LABORATORY, THEIR GOALS, AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES HEAD OVER THE THEIR WEBSITE BY GOOGLE-ING SYRACUSE ACCESS DENTAL LABORATORIES. LIVE FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, I’M KRIZIA WILLIAMS. BACK TO YOU.
A 30-YEAR-OLD RAPE CASE IS GETTING NEW ATTENTION THIS MORNING. BEST SELLING AUTHOR ALICE SEBOLD WAS A STUDENT HERE AT S-U IN 1981 WHEN SHE WAS RAPED IN THORNDEN PARK. SHE WROTE ABOUT IT IN A 1999 MEMOIR CALLED “LUCKY.” SYRACUSE RESIDENT ANTHONY BROADWATER SPENT 16 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE RAPE BUT IN AN INCREDILE TURN OF EVENTS, HE WAS EXONERATED LAST WEEK. NOW, SEBOLD HAS APOLOGIZED TO BROADWATER AND ACCORDING TO THE SITE “MEDIUM” SHE SAYS SHE DEEPLY REGRETS WHAT HE HAS BEEN THROUGH. IN HER APOLOGY SHE ACKNOWLEDGED RACE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE WRONGFUL CONVICTION.
IT WAS A DOUBLE-OVERTIME THRILLER LAST NIGHT AT THE DOME, AND THE END RESULT WAS A GOOD ONE FOR S-U HOOPS FANS. JAMES KATTATO JOINS US NOW WITH A RECAP OF LAST NIGHTS THRILLING WIN OVER INDIANA.
HI GUYS… THE BUZZ IS STILL ALIVE FROM SYRACUSE BASKETBALL’S WIN LAST NIGHT OVER INDIANA… KNOCKING OFF THE HOOSIERS UNDEFEATED RECORD AFTER A 112-110 DOUBLE OVERTIME THRILLER.
THE ORANGE NEEDED THIS ONE AFTER DROPPING THEIR LAST THREE OF FOUR… IF YOU DIDN’T WATCH THE GAME… SYRACUSE HIT 13 THREES LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS A FULL TEAM CONTRIBUTION FROM TIP OFF. ALL FIVE STARTERS SCORED IN DOUBLE FIGURES FOR THE ORANGE. JOE GIRARD, AND THE BOEHEIM BROTHERS ALL ECLIPSED 20.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE GAME… MOVING THE ORANGE TO FOUR AND THREE ON THE YEAR.. WE’LL HAVE POSTGAME SOUND FROM SOME OF THE GUYS LATER ON IN THE SHOW..
COMING UP HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL– DON’T TAKE ALL YOUR WINTER CLOTHES OUT AT ONCE, SYRACUSE IS GOING TO SEE SOME WARMER WEATHER COME THROUGH THIS WEEK.
ALLISON TURNER JOINS US WITH WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, UP NEXT.
WELCOME BACK, IT’S TIME TO CHECK YOUR WEATHER FOR TODAY.
ALLISON TURNER IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO TO TELL US WHAT TO EXPECT.
HAPPY DECEMBER EVERYONE, AND TO KICK OFF THIS WINTER MONTH, WE HAVE CHILLY WEATHER AND A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. BUT FIRST, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A NICE WINTER COAT ON TODAY BECAUSE IT’S 38 RIGHT NOW, BUT IT FEELS LIKE 32, AND THE CLOUDY SKIES AREN’T HELPING. IT’S A LITTLE WINDY, WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MILES PER HOUR.
AND LOOKING AHEAD AT THE REST OF THE DAY – IT WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOME SUNSHINE TO RAISE THE TEMPERATURES, YOU’LL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE WHILE. THE CLOUDS ARE OUT AND THEY ARE HERE TO STAY. WE WILL BE SEEING GREY CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT. THE SUN WILL SET AT 4:30 P-M AND TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 30s.
AND HEADING INTO THE REST OF THE WEEK – IT WILL WARM UP TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40s, BUT IT MAY FEEL COLDER AS WE ARE GONNA SEE SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND HIGH WINDS UP TO 29 MILES PER HOUR. IT WILL COOL BACK DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND, AND IT MAY BE A GOOD TIME TO MAKE SOME PLANS INSIDE, BECAUSE IT COULD BE WET OUTSIDE. WE WILL LIKELY SEE SOME RAIN SHOWERS THROUGHOUT EACH DAY, SO IF YOU DO NEED TO GO OUTSIDE, MAKE SURE YOU GRAB YOUR RAIN JACKET. WE’LL KEEP AN EYE OUT ON THE RAIN, BUT UNTIL THEN, ENJOY YOUR DAY AND MAKE SURE TO STAY WARM. THAT’S ALL FOR WEATHER, I’M ALLISON TURNER, BACK TO YOU GUYS
ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK ABOUT 18 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION SPEAKS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH. ONE FAMILY IN C-N-Y IS USING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. OUR MORNINGS ON THE HILL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KAITLIN PARISI (pa-REE-cee) TELLS US HOW A-S-L HAS CHANGED THEIR THREE-YEAR OLD SONS LIFE FOR THE BETTER.
THE SEAMANS FAMILY HAS BEEN BRINGING THEIR DEAF SON TO WHOLE ME FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. WHOLE ME IS AN ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDES PROGRAMS FOR DEAF AND HEARING FAMILIES TO LEARN ABOUT THE DEAF COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TEACH SIGN LANGUAGE. THE DEAF COMMUNITY IS NOTHING NEW FOR THE SEAMANS AS DEAFNESS RUNS IN THE FAMILY. AFTER HAVING A SON WHO IS DEAF, THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO AND STARTED TEACHING HIM SIGN LANGUAGE RIGHT AWAY.
A deaf child is like any other child, they just need to be given the tools to succeed.
CAITLIN SEAMANS (SEA-mens) IS A MOM TO TWO HEARING CHILDREN, WESTON AND ELLIE AND ONE DEAF CHILD NAMED BRENNAN. SHE GREW UP LEARNING SIGN AND HAS MADE HER HOME AN ACTIVE LEARNING SPACE WITH THE A-B-C’S ON THE WALL AND EVEN PUT POSTERS IN THE BATHROOM. BRENNAN IS HER YOUNGEST AND HAS BEEN LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE SINCE SHE AND HER HUSBAND FOUND OUT BRENNAN WAS DEAF.
He has been able to communicate with us so clearly, his wants, his needs, umm right from the beginning. I mean I dare say he signed his first sign at like two, between two and three months old.
By the age of one and a half Brennan knew more than one hundred signs, which is more than a hearing child.
“A few are getting exposure to language acquisition, they will learn, their vocabulary will be greater than their hearing peers at that age before they’re speaking.”
JOELENE ORLANDO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT WHOLE ME AND HAS WATCHED BRENNAN IMPROVE HIS SIGN LANGUAGE OVER THE YEARS. ORLANDO SAYS THEIR IS MORE TO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE THAN HAND AND ARM MOVEMENTS.
American sign language is not English, so it is a combination of sign language, facial expressions, body language. I also refer American Sign Language to telling a story.
ORLANDO SAYS WHEN YOU GO TO WHOLE ME YOU ARE LEARNING FROM PROFESSIONALS. EIGHT OF THE 10 STAFF ARE DEAF AND HAVE BACHELOR AND MASTER DEGREES. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE AND HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS DEAF YOU CAN TAKE A FREE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE COURSE AT WHOLE ME.
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN TO DO FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THERE’S A GREAT GINGERBREAD HOUSE COMPETITION AT THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM. OUR OWN GABRIEL VEIGA WENT THERE TO TAKE A LOOK.
THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM CELEBRATES THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF SYRACUSE BUT EVERY YEAR FOR THE HOLIDAY- PART OF THE MUSEUM IS TRANSFORMED INTO A GINGERBREAD GALLERY. I WENT IN AND LOOKED AT ALL THE PIECES, THEY ARE GREAT WORKS OF ART AND THEY LOOK GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT.
THIS IS THE 36TH YEAR FOR THE GINGERBREAD GALLERY AT THE ERIE CANAL MUSEUM. SYRACUSE PEOPLE DONATE THESE AND HERE ARE 34 DIFFERENT PIECES – ONE SHOWS THE DEEP BLUE SEA WHILE , ANOTHER IS A WINTER WONDERLAND… AND THIS MASTERPIECE IS THE WILLY WONKA CHOCOLATE FACTORY. JANE VEROSTEK MADE IT WITH HER CHILDREN.
Every year they pick a favorite movie, that they have just a real sentimental attachment to and happy memories to.
What went into making this wonderful gingerbread creation?
I buy like a big giant glob of white font and then I hand color. All the colors that we use. It’s mostly just time of looking at all my pictures I’ve printed from the internet and trying to make them look like the character.
MUSEUM EDUCATOR DERRICK PRATT SAYS HIS FAVORITE GINGERBREAD HOUSE IS THE GLEN LOCH RESTAURANT.
“So this is one of the confectioner pieces. It shows the Glen Loch restaurant which formerly existed in Jamesville, there’s a few pictures actually showing what the real restaurant look like.
THE GINGERBREAD GALLERY IS THE BIGGEST FUNDING EVENT OF THE YEAR FOR THE MUSEUM
So the gingerbread gallery is really essentially keeping this museum operating and doing the other great things that we do your creations afterwards.
“I mean, there have been some times like, you know, oh, I have to taste this before it goes. But sometimes it will happen after rush out and get some more of something because we’ve been snacking.
But sometimes it will happen after rush out and get some more of something because we’ve been snacking.
COMING UP ON SPORTS… SYRACUSE MENS BASKETBALL BOUNCES BACK AFTER A ROUGH STRETCH IN THE BAHAMAS. THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.
HAPPY DECEMBER… SYRACUSE MEN’S BASKETBALL HAVE WOKEN UP TO NOTHING BUT COAL IN THEIR STOCKINGS AND NO PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE AFTER DROPPING THEIR LAST THREE OF FOUR GAMES.. BUT THE ORANGE CAME BACK TO THE DOME LAST NIGHT AND WERE HOPING TO GET SOME CHRISTMAS SPIRITS UP HEADING INTO DECEMBER WHEN THEY PLAYED UNDEFEATED INDIANA ((TAKE VO)) IN PART OF THE ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE… IT WAS THE BOEHEIM SHOW LAST NIGHT.. BUDDY AND JIMMY WERE FLAMETHROWERS, COMBINING FOR 53 POINTS, AND LEADING SYRACUSE TO THE 112-110 DOUBLE OVERTIME WIN.. IT WAS A THRILLER… BUDDY… HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE LAST NIGHT?
Craziest game I ever played in… just an unbelievable fight from these guys… started off up 16 at half and knew this team was too good to not give up and keep fighting so we knew it was gonna be a game no matter what. Just everyone made big plays.
THE ORANGE WILL HEAD TO TALLAHASSEE TO TAKE ON FLORIDA STATE THIS SATURDAY AT 4.
IF YOU’RE TALKING SYRACUSE BASKETBALL, YOU CAN’T GO WITHOUT MENTIONING CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY FOOTBALL?? INTERESTING I KNOW.. SYRACUSE POINT GUARD SYMIR TORRENCE… HIS BROTHER SAIYIR IS THE STAR SOPHOMORE WIDE RECEIVER FOR THE BROTHERS.. AND THEY’RE PLAYING IN THE NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS A STATE FINAL.
TORRENCE HAS OVER 600 RECEIVING YARDS AND 11 TOUCHDOWNS THIS SEASON.. HE’S LED THE BROTHERS TO A SECTION AND REGION TITLE… THE BROTHERS TAKE ON WESTCHESTER COUNTY’S OWN… SOMERS HIGH SCHOOL THIS FRIDAY AT 3 PM IN THE DOME.
THINK OF CUSE FOOTBALL THIS SEASON AS SECRET SANTA, SOMETIMES, YOU DON’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT, BUT MAYBE AFTER A LITTLE WHILE WITH THE GIFT, IT’S NOT AS BAD AS YOU THOUGHT.
THE ORANGE FAILED TO CLINCH BOWL ELIGIBILITY AFTER LOSING TO PITTSBURGH ON SATURDAY. SYRACUSE HASN’T PLAYED IN A BOWL SINCE 2018, SO OBVIOUSLY, WITH FIVE WINS, FANS WANTED THE ORANGE TO GET THAT ELUSIVE SIXTH. BUT THEY DIDN’T. SOME GOOD NEWS THO, EIGHT OF THE ORANGE RECEIVED ALL ACC RECOGNITION.
FIRST TEAM ALL OFFENSE: SEAN TUCKER HE’S THE FIRST CUSE TAILBACK SINCE ANTWON BAILEY IN 2011 TO MAKE AN ALL CONFERENCE TEAM. LINEBACKER MIKEL JONES AND DEFENSIVE END CODY ROSCOE WERE FIRST
TEAM ALL DEFENSE. ROSCOE IS THE FIRST EDGE RUSHER SINCE CHANDLER JONES TO MAKE AN ALL DEFENSE FOR THE CUSE… SOME GOOD COMPANY. ON THE THIRD TEAM.. FRESHMAN PHENOM DEUCE CHESTNUT. HE HAD THREE INTERCEPTIONS ON THE YEAR.. THEN LEFT TACKLE MATT BERGERON, CENTER AIRON SERVAIS, D-LINEMAN JOSH BLACK, AND CORNERBACK GARRETT WILLIAMS ALL MADE HONORABLE MENTION. CRAZIEST THING IS THAT FIVE OF THOSE EIGHT PLAYERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO COME BACK NEXT SEASON!! COACH BABERS, THAT’S GOTTA MAKE YOU EXCITED, RIGHT/
They need to get bigger, they need to get stronger based off some of the results of this game.. We’ve got the majority of this football team coming back. With some additions I think we can be extremely exciting in 2022.
MIKEL JONES IS ONE OF THE FIVE PLAYERS ELIGIBLE TO COME BACK TO SYRACUSE, BUT HE SAYS HE’S 50-50 ON WHETHER OR NOT HE’LL TAKE HIS TALENTS TO THE NFL DRAFT AND ADDS THAT DECISION WILL COME THIS WEEK.. GUYS
STILL TO COME HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL. A TWO-HUNDERED YEAR OLD BUILDING IS NOW BEING RESTORED AND TRANSFORMED INTO APARTMETS IN DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE. STAY WITH US–THAT STORY AND MORE JUST AHEAD.
IT’S DECEMBER FIRST AND YOU MIGHT BE BUSTING OUT THE HOLIDAY MUSIC, OR WATCHING SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES …MIKHALA ARMSTRONG IS HERE WITH ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.
YOU CAN’T NEGLECT YOUR DOSE OF WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT. CNN IS SUSPENDING PRIME TIME ANCHOR CHRIS CUOMO INDEFINITELY. CNN SAYS NEW INFORMATION REVEALED CUOMO HELPED HIS BROTHER FORMER NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO, AS HE FACED SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS. IN PLACE OF CUOMO A SECOND HOUR OF “ANDERSON COOPER 360” WILL AIR ON TUESDAY NIGHTS.
A NEARLY 200-YEAR-OLD HISTORIC BUILDING IN HANOVER SQUARE IS GETTING A MAKEOVER. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN STANDING FOR 42 PRESIDENTS, AND TEN WARS. NOW, ONE DEVELOPER FROM BROOKLYN WITH AN INTEREST IN HISTORY… PLANS TO BRING THE BUILDING INTO THE FUTURE WITH APARTMENTS WHILE KEEPING ITS CONNECTION TO THE PAST.
FOR THE LAST 100 YEARS, THIS BUILDING WAS THE HOME TO A MENSWEAR SHOP, BUT IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK, THEY WOULD TELL STORIES OF THE LAST TWO CENTURIES.
THE GRANITE BUILDING IN HANOVER SQUARE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST BUILDINGS IN SYRACUSE, AND IT SHOWS IN ITS ARCHITECTURE, ORIGINAL DETAILS, AND WRITINGS LEFT ON WALLS THAT DATE BACK TO THE 18-HUNDREDS. FOR THE NEW OWNER, GAVIN MALONEY, TAX CREDITS MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO RESTORE THIS BUILDING, BUT HIS PASSION FOR PRESERVING ITS HISTORY MAKES HIS EXPERIENCE PRICELESS.
“I can see the craftsmanship in the work, can imagine the kind of hands that were working on the trim, the floors, I’m constantly aware of the people who were involved in a building like this”
MALONEY PLANS TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING INTO APARTMENTS AND SAYS WHAT WAS LEFT BEHIND WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THE FUTURE.
HISTORIAN ROBERT SEARING SAYS WITHOUT BUILDINGS LIKE THIS, IT LEAVES THE CITY WITHOUT AN IDENTITY.
“There’s something about being able to touch, see, feel, really take in, that makes things real, more real than words on a page even more real than an oral history, and you can feel that history in a way that you just can’t otherwise, the more we can preserve the better because when you tear those buildings down, all that is left are the memories and memories fade, and even photographs will eventually fade.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING WILL TAKE SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS. OWNER GAVIN MALONEY UNCOVERS MORE HISTORY IN THE BUILDING WITH EACH STEP. HE SAYS HE IS EXCITED FOR THE CHALLENGE THAT LIES AHEAD.
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A GOOD SHOW IN A GOOD CITY… SINGER ADELE IS HEADED TO LAS VEGAS FOR HER NEW RESIDENCY IN 2022 CALLED “WEEKENDS WITH ADELE” THE SINGER RELEASED HER CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM “30” IN NOVEMBER . THREE DAYS AFTER ITS DEBUT, IT WAS THE BEST-SELLING ALBUM OF THE YEAR. HER VEGAS SHOW WILL RUN FROM JANUARY TO APRIL.
PRE-SALE TICKETS FOR ADELE’S SHOW ROLLOUT THIS MONTH AND I KNOW I’LL BE GETTING MINE FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, MIKHALA ARMSTRONG.
THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR US THIS WEDNESDAY HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL. I’M LAUREN HELMBRECHT – FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
I’M ALEXIS RALEIGH. THANKS FOR WATCHING ORANGE NATION. WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT WEDNESDAY, LIVE AT TEN A-M RIGHT HERE ON O-T-N.