A 90-YEAR-OLD
BUILDING IN
DOWNTOWN SIOUX
CITY SAT EMPTY
FOR DECADES..
BUT TONIGHT, IT'S
GETTING A NEW
LEASE ON LIFE.
KCAU 9'S
HANNAH ADAMSON
JOINS US LIVE NOW
FROM THE
WARRIOR HOTEL.
HANNAH...
HANNAH:
SOPHIE, ONE OF
SIOUX CITY'S MOST
HISTORIC
BUILDINGS
HAS RECEIVED
QUITE THE
FACELIFT AFTER
SITTING VACANT
FOR ALMOST 40
YEARS...
I'M JOINED TODAY
BY...THE OWNER[S]
OF THE WARRIOR
HOTEL,
...THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING
ME.
YOU'VE BEEN
REDEVELOPING
HISTORIC
PROPERTIES SINCE
1991...WHY THE
WARRIOR HOTEL?
"WE APPRECIATE
THE FACT THAT WE
ARE PART OF AN
ONGOING
COMMUNITY
REVITALIZATION
EFFORT THAT IS AT
THE HEART OF
SIOUX CITY
URBAN
RENAISSANCE.
THESE TWO GRAND
DAME BUILDINGS
ARE PART OF THE
CITY
FABRIC, CHERISHED
NOT ONLY FOR
THEIR
ARCHITECTURAL
WONDERS BUT FOR
THE TREASURED
MEMORABLE
MOMENTS CREATED
BY THOSE WHO
HAVE ASCENDED
THE GRAND
STAIRCASE FOR
THEIR OWN
WEDDINGS, FAMILY
CELEBRATIONS AND
EXPERIENCES"
SAID AMY GILL, CO-
FOUNDER OF
RESTORATION ST.
LOUIS."WE TRY TO
STAY AS TRUE TO
THE ORIGINAL
DESIGNS AS
POSSIBLE DURING
OUR BUILDING
RENOVATIONS,
REPURPOSING
WHAT WE CAN, ALL
THE WHILE TRYING
TO DISCOVER THE
MEANING BEHIND
STRUCTURAL
DECISIONS MADE
SO LONG AGO.
KNOWING WHAT
MADE THESE
STRUCTURES SO
PERSONALLY
SIGNIFICANT TO
SIOUX CITY
RESIDENTS HELPS
US BRING THE
BUILDING BACK TO
LIFE IN AN EVEN
MORE AUTHENTIC
WAY"
WHAT WERE SOME
OF THE BUMPS IN
THE ROAD YOU
ENCOUNTERED TO
BRING THE
WARRIOR BACK TO
LIFE?
BOTH THE WARRIOR
AND DAVIDSON
PROPERTIES, BUILT
IN 1930 AND 1913,
RESPECTIVELY,
HAVE BEEN VACANT
FOR THE PAST 40
YEARS, AND ARE
LISTED ON THE
NATIONAL
REGISTER OF
HISTORICAL
PLACES. THE ST.
SOPHIE:
AS THE FALL
SEASON
APPROACHES..
