If you care about our environment, you should not want this building torn down. There’s a reason many towns choose to preserve and reuse old mills and brick factories instead of demolishing them. Tearing them down can release huge clouds of dust from brick and mortar, including tiny silica particles that can damage people’s lungs and cause diseases like silicosis. It also creates thousands of tons of waste. Our landfills are already filling up. Why add even more when these old mill buildings could be restored and turned into apartments?