Talk:Len Jus Building (Mason City, Iowa)

how rare?
The subject of the article looks to me like an interesting building that deserves preservation. In an edit summary I recently questioned how rare it is, because once there were many thousand pressed iron storefronts designed by the Mesker Brothers or competitors, but I don't really know if these are rare or not now. It could have been correct in the article to characterize it as "extremely rare". There may well be very few surviving storefronts of this type. Another editor has removed the "extremely" word, which I think is fair because there is not specific support of this being rare. But, please, could someone provide a newspaper source or other source explaining how rare it is? If any such source can be found, I would support adding back the "extremely rare" or other suitable description to the article. I actually am worried now that maybe this is in fact really really rare; it rather looks like exposed pressed iron would rust away easily..., and maybe this building really really oughta be saved! -- do ncr  am  21:51, 11 August 2012 (UTC)