Well, I'll speak up and let you know that I used to live in the red brick building on the right, for about two years - right up until the owners sold the place to the Eola Place developers and we were soon evicted. (No worries - I found another place downtown). Of course, that was back when Phase 1 of the project was supposed to be right where those building still stand, and phase 2 was going to be the building that was to engulf the Jackson. I'm not surprised this project tanked.
The buildings were built in 1949, and each contains 4 1-bedroom apartments. They were old, but quite nice. Old-fashioned, boxy design inside, but hardwood floors throughout and nifty wall-mounted light sconces. No central air, but hey - those places definitely had character. I also enjoyed living on Church St, for as little as what residents across the street in the Sanctuary were probably paying in monthly association dues.
Its unfortunate that they have to go, but its understandable, since it was a really small number of units on that land. And since South Eola is becoming the high-rise district, that land was too valuable.
Hopefully, SOMETHING will get done with that land eventually.