First of all, why not FIX it? $50,000 to tear it down....fix it. Secondly, tearing it down isn't going to solve the problem, if anyone thinks it is, they don't get around this town much. My office is in midtown across the street from a high school, we have drunks, vagrants constantly on our benches and so on , all in plain sight. Oh wait, we have a nice bench or two in a small park like setting. It has been suggested we take  them out.  As Dave Stieren recently said, "guess we can't have nice things." Finally, ok, I was being sarcastic and yes, snarky with my comment. Lighten up folks.