A high-rise Catch-22? Developers weigh cost, preservation in ambitious bid to build tower over historic lodge


A development team is floating plans to build a high-rise tower above the Masonic lodge at the corners of Seventh and Lavaca streets. That's either an "innovative" approach to transforming a busy downtown corner or a "horrible" desecration of a historic landmark, depending on whom you talk to. Developers, architects and engineers are trying to make their case.

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