Some real old timers may remember Dr. Lloyd Hines, who was my maternal grandmother's first cousin. When I watched them tear down his mansion off of Wesleyan Drive however many years ago (see the 1/30/2006 ADN for details), I said to myself that just about anything in Anchorage must be fair game anymore. Cap Lathrop established himself in Anchorage years before he established himself in Fairbanks. They were talking about demolishing the "Lathrop Block" on Two Street back in the 1980s, but some old-timers stepped in. Those buildings still exist, even though saving them amounted to a sweetheart deal for Jim Whitaker and a few other politically-connected businessmen. The National Register of Historic Places listing may help keep the 4th Avenue from being demolished, but there are folks skilled in manipulating that process. The building next door to the Fairbanks Daily News-Menace is still listed on the National Register despite having been torn down in 1998.