Handmade Pleas to Save the Fitzgerald Rooms at 1624

Handwritten preservation messages taped to the boarded facade of the Fitzgerald Rooms building in Omaha, Nebraska.
Handwritten preservation messages taped to the boarded facade of the Fitzgerald Rooms building in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Fitzgerald Rooms building stands at 1624 in Omaha, its street-level windows boarded over with plywood. Handmade signs taped to the brick, reading "U Know U Want 2 Save Me!!" and "We Love You," ask that the building be spared from demolition.

Taken February 2017

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