SAN DIEGO — Logan Heights neighbors are upset over the old library on 28th Street. It's been abandoned for years after the City of San Diego built a newer library in 2009.
People consider the building historical and want the city to renovate it, but that could still take years.
The building closed down 15-years-ago and since then it’s been decaying.
“It hurts, it seems like it’s been abandoned,” said Ismael Rodriguez, a Logan Heights resident who is frustrated to walk by his childhood library every day and see what an eyesore of a building it has become.
“It’s very sad, I don't understand why they have abandoned it,” said Rodrgiguez.
The City of San Diego promised to preserve the building and fix it after building a newer library.
Since then it's been deteriorating, the building has broken windows, cracked walls and rusty stairs.
It's one of the oldest buildings in the neighborhood.
People living nearby want the building to continue standing—they want the city to convert it into a museum.
CBS 8 reached out to the city to get answers on what's next for the building, in a written statement a spokesperson for the city said,
“The city is planning to rehabilitate the old Logan Heights library building to keep the historical aesthetics of the facility intact. There is $2.4 million in state grant funding allocated for this project so far, and it has been strictly designated for bringing the building up to code. Additional funding will be required.”
The city also says there will be a review of the building to designate the property.
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