Fresno CA-Last time a courthouse in Fresno County needed renovation for “earthquake safety” purposes, it vanished.

It was a beautiful building that divided the community in 1962 regarding saving the structure. Eventually, the courthouse got the wrecking ball because it was going to cost $844,000 to bring it up to code.

Fast forward to 2010. The current courthouse, the replacement for the domed beauty, needs an earthquake upgrade.

It will cost $111million dollars to make the concrete box safe; project approved. No drama, no dividing the community…just a financial decision to hold on to the past. For many, that logic is about five decades too late.

The box stays and will be better than new in 2015.