D.C. May "Froggy"Update on long ongoing attempts at demolition by neglect of Buddy Bolden house by the Mortons & Greater St. Stephen Church.
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A friend asks: "Is there a special Grammy award for Destroying Jazz History?"
InfrogmationSome of us have been fighting for it's preservation for over 30 years - I think there may be a few folks still around who were fighting decades earlier. It was added to the US National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
In July 2005 the back third of the building was demolished.
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