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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The Twin Falls Urban Renewal Agency board is considering whether to tear down a historic building to create a public open space.
The Times-News reports (http://is.gd/Mbn3G8 ) that a company planning $17 million in upgrades to downtown infrastructure recommends that the Rogerson building be torn down.
Agency executive director Melinda Anderson told the board in a memo that the empty space created by demolition could be used for concerts and farmers' markets.
The building was constructed as a hotel in 1908 by Robert Rogerson, for whom the hamlet of Rogerson is named.
The Urban Renewal Agency bought the building in August for $450,000.
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