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By 1980, the insurance company offered to sell the building to the State of
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on the site. Preservationists oppose the project and have urged the university to renovate the original building instead. To renovate the existing building would cost an estimated $ 8.49 million, mostly to replace outdated
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near the McCallie Avenue doorway. The frieze, created by a
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59:lounge, an
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842:Categories
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812:35°02′46″N
795:See also:
735:Ruby Falls
609:Performing
341:Commercial
61:auditorium
730:Rock City
632:Religious
541:Parks and
484:Monuments
448:districts
317:Tenbridge
94:dormitory
57:penthouse
45:limestone
706:Tourist
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543:wildlife
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288:Current
74:Mad Men
41:granite
765:Citico
748:Former
52:frieze
49:bronze
112:Notes
611:arts
24:The
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