My guess was that the FAA nixed it as nobody at the FAA would want the
liability in the small chance something went wrong. It didn't hurt
the FAA any to keep it their own private fiefdom. Other than the
educational/public relations they could have garnered. Oh well.

I would say, "maybe next year" but it sounds like it will be torn down
by next year. Shame.

According to what we were told, Miron Corporation -- the company that built
both the old *and* new towers (boy, they've been around a while) -- owns the
old tower, and can do with it whatever they want. They plan to tear it
down.

I think they should sell individual bricks. They would raise a ton of money
from folks like us (who have literally grown up, and then older, in the
shadow of that structure) who would buy one.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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