By Russ Tarby
Contributing Writer
During the summer of 2014 one of Liverpool’s most historic buildings, the A.V. Zogg Building at 800 Fourth St., was sold by its then-owner, the Liverpool Community Church, to Dr. Pramote Nakornthab, a professor of political science retired from Cornell University.
Listed at LinkedIn.com as president of First Global Community College in Nongkhai, Thailand, Nakornthab reportedly planned to open a prep school here, but those plans have apparently changed.
The 88-year-old brick building is again up for sale, according to Joyce Mawhinney MacKnight, a senior executive advisor with Pyramid Brokerage Co., representing Cushman & Wakefield, a New York City real-estate firm.
The asking price? A cool $1,295,000.
Old high-school building
After 10 years of ownership, Liverpool Community Church put the building and its substantial surrounding property on the market in 2013. The property is bounded by Fourth, Sixth, Birch and Hickory streets.
The building was originally constructed in 1928 to house Liverpool’s junior and senior high schools. The structure’s adjacent ball fields stretch two blocks north to Sixth Street.
The Liverpool Community Church – a Free Methodist affiliate – purchased the property in 2003 from the Liverpool Central School District, which had been housing its administrative offices there since the early 1980s. The church paid $5,000 for the property and formally pledged to make $404,000 worth of needed repairs, including a new front door, an elevator and renovated offices and classrooms.
Well-fixed folks who might want to invest in the property now should contact Macknight at 445-1030, or at [email protected].
Brothers dig Benny
Riposo brothers Joe and Tony both attended the April 17 performance of the Anthony Joseph Swingtet at Liverpool Public Library. Fronted by clarinetist Anthony Joseph of Oswego, the Swingtet revisited the music of Benny Goodman that day at the SRO show at the library.
Joe Riposo is a saxophonist, author, composer, arranger and educator and the former director of jazz studies at Syracuse University. Tony Riposo is a pianist and arranger the former music director for the McGuire Sisters. Joe lives in Liverpool.
Four lads from L’pool
The Mersey Beatles, a Beatles tribute band hailing from Liverpool, England, will perform at the Palace Theater this week as part of their inaugural U.S. tour. The faux Fab Four take the stage at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at the Palace, 2384 James St., in Eastwood.
John Lennon’s sister, Julia Baird, author and director of the Cavern Club, will be in attendance selling and signing copies of her book “Imagine This: Growing Up with My Brother John Lennon” before, during and after the show.
The Mersey Beatles are no ordinary tribute band. The lads grew up as childhood and schoolmate friends, just like the Beatles. From 2002 to 2012, they were the resident tribute band at The Cavern Club, the nightclub in Liverpool, England, where The Beatles perfected their act before launching a global rock music revolution in the 1960s.
Thursday’s show spans the Beatles’ entire catalogue and features four costume changes and authentic Scouse accents. The Mersey Beatles recreate the Beatles’ sound with amazing accuracy using replica Hofner, Rickenbacker and Gretsch guitars and VOX and Ludwig gear.
Admission costs $35 for the concert only or $59, which also includes a meet-and-greet reception; palaceonjames.com; 463-9240.
Beatles tribute here in August
Speaking of The Beatles, the Liverpool Is The Place Summer Concert Series will present Studio Two, a Beatles tribute act from Boston, at 7 p.m. Aug. 8, at Johnson Park. The summer series begins June 6 this year and runs every Monday and Wednesday through Aug. 24; liverpoolistheplace.com.
LITP Chairperson Colleen Gunnip is still seeking sponsors for this summer’s 24 concerts. She can be contacted at [email protected].
Historical Yard Emporium
While the village hosts it semi-annual village-wide garage sale this coming weekend, the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool hosts its second annual Historical Yard Emporium, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 7, on the lawn of the Gleason mansion, 314 Second St.
Browsers can find items of local interest for sale, tour the Liverpool Willow Museum and the village historian’s exhibit and listen to music by Merry Mischief from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Vendors will include Dan Connors from Skä•noñh – Great Law of Peace Center, local landmark artist Maureen Lemko, the Liverpool Village Cemetery Committee and the Clay Historical Society.
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