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WHY IS NEMOURS SO ANXIOUS
TO DEMOLISH THE MURPHY HOUSE? |
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Rockland
Center One
and Rockland Center Two Nemours obtained an acre of prime property from DelDOT for $10. This acre, coupled with one or two acres from their adjoining site, would be ideal for building Three Rockland Center. They could extend their parking lot 100 feet from where it is, not needing access from Children's Drive. Astra - Zeneca complex <----
Little
Murph
A.I. duPont
Children's Hospital and Nemours Mansion
Existing parking
lot
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First, I want to point out that the following is only theory, not fact. It is the course of logic combining many facts, from extensive research resulting in an obvious conclusion, but is not substantiated by any confirmation from Nemours. My contention is that Nemours wants the one acre lot that the Murphy House sits on in order to expand their "One and Two Rockland Centers" next door into "Three Rockland Center", i.e., to build another office building on the site in the future and charge big rents to doctors who would be happy to do so to have their offices at the gates of a huge famous hospital. Nemours won't need access to the lot because they already have entrances to their parking lot which they will just extend a few hundred feet to the left. As long as the Murphy House stands, it is a hindrance to this project, and pesky do-gooders may use the land to park bikes, hike, sell coffee, jog, bike, and other such public niceties that use up valuable commercial real estate. Nemours has stated that they have no plans to use the land for anything other than a grassy lot. (listen to their official statement) They say that they want to use it to comply to the regulations for "open space". But why should anyone believe them? They already lied about preserving the Murphy House. Here, read this: here's the deed for the property transfer to Nemours for ten big ones ($10) and here's the deed restrictions that went with it. Now, years later, after letting the property deteriorate they feel that they should tear the house down and throw the agreement into the pile of rubble after it. If Nemours wants to show the public that they are truly a benevolent organization, they can preserve the house, and still expand on the lot behind it. The house sits on the very edge of the property. It can share the parking lot with the expanded office building and serve as an asset to the people working there: as a coffee shop, and trail head for the Greenways, a biking commuter station, a bus stop, etc. October 13, 2011 |