The Decline and Fall of Iola
A second visit to this place proved more than enough to know why its days are numbered. Iola began its life in 1915 as a tuberculosis sanatorium, occasionally also holding mentally ill children. After TB was cured in the early 60s, Monroe County took the buildings over as offices, using them for veterans' affairs, traffic and corrections among others. Costello & Sons, a Brighton real estate firm known for constructing identical brick doctors' offices, bought the property in 2000 on a 10 year development contract, and is running out of time to tear it down and start work on its…