Content area
Full Text
The eight-story Walker Scott Building, once a busy department store, has stood empty for most of the past 10 years.
The 80,000-square-foot structure at the corner of fifth Avenue and Broadway is covered with graffiti and mired in Chapter 7 bankruptcy,
"This is the ugliest site downtown," said San Diego Councilman George Stevens.
So unattractive is the building in its present condition that the City Council, acting as redevelopment agency, yesterday agreed to become the buyer...
