That's not true . A number of times the owners have told the paper in past years they will fix or remove the building when the financial climate makes sense to do so.  If I were the owners I wouldn't talk to the Dispatch either as they know it will just be one more hit piece against them. Given the number of business's closing down in Anchorage , the number of people losing their jobs and about to lose their homes----is one ugly building most don't care in the least about and is passed by in two seconds that big of a deal to worry about ? If someone proposed building a lot apartments there, then you'd see a flood of people complaining.  This sounds like another ginned up plan to put money in the muni coffers while beating the tax cap and having no real effect on cleaning up our town.