Barricades are in place in the city streets around the old Brownwood Hotel, 200 Fisk Avenue, while a contractor removes windows from the building.  As of Thursday morning, May 6, all of the windows on the east and north sides of the building had been removed.  Windows remained on the west side.  The City of Brownwood previously closed Fisk and Baker Avenues to pedestrian traffic due to falling glass from windows within the building.  East Baker Street, from Fisk to Hawkins, and Fisk, from East Baker to East Anderson, will remain barricaded while work is being done between the hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

According to Tim Murray, Director of Development Services for the City of Brownwood,  the owner of the building, Myrna Phelps, hired a contractor to remove the windows from the Baker Street and Fisk Street side of the building in order to eliminate the hazard of falling glass onto the sidewalks and streets. Once all the windows have been removed the contractor will install aluminum screening material over the openings. An approximate completion date of May 24, 2021 was given by the Contractor.