"Big Yellow Taxi"

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot SPOT
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don't know what you’ve got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

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  • Chick Holdkamp
  • Chick Holdkamp
  • Tom Jordan
  • Chick Holdkamp, the decent of the Hall's addressing Council and the Mayor
  • Tom Jordan
  • Chick Holdkamp addressing the Mayor and Council on the docket item concerning the Hall Housel
  • Mayor Tom George
  • Jim Kenney, a Trustee for the the Lakewood Historical addressing Council and the Mayor on the Hall House situation.
  • Mayor Tom George
  • From the vantage point of Michael Gill during the Hall House conversation with Council and the Mayor.
  • Mayor Tom George
  • Jim Kenney, a Trustee for the Lakewood Hisorical Society voicing his concern about this resolution.
  • Paula Reed, President of the Lakewood Historical Society commmenting on the subject of the Hall House and the resolution before council.
  • Tom Jordan
  • Mayor George
  • Mayor George
  • Mayor George
  • Tom Jordan listening to citizens.
  • Mayor George responding to questions.
  • From the vantage point of Michael Gill, addressing Council and the Mayor on the Hall House and parking lot resolution.
  • The vantage point of Michael Gill making his presentation to Council and the Mayor. Tom Jordan in the forefront.
  • The vantage point from Michael Gill's presentation to the Mayor and Council concerning turning the Hall House and surrounding area into a parking lot.
  • Michael Gill addressing Council and the Mayor.
  • Michael Gill addressing Council and the Mayor.
  • Council listening to discussion on the resolution to implement money to make the Hall House a parking lot.
  • Mayor Tom George listening to discussion concerning the Hall House and the new business on the docket concerning the house and a parking lot.
  • Michael addressing Council and the Mayor.
  • Council considering and listening to concern for the Hall House.
  • Michael Gill addressing Council and the Mayor.
  • Michael Gill
  • Michael Gill, a resident that will be impacted by the resolution of replacing the Hall House and other properties into a parking lot.
  • Paul Schrimpf as a citizen and a member of the Lakewood Historical Socety speaking to Council and the Mayor about the resolution to allocate money to place a parking lot where the Hall House is currently located.
  • Tom Jordan, Director of Planning and Development ,who has brought this resolution concerning the funds to construct a parking lot where the historic Hall House now stands, before Council
  • Chick Holdkamp
  • Chick Holdkamp
  • Michael Gill
  • Tom Jordan
  • Tim Laskey speaking for the Chamber of Commerce.