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Originally Posted by shadowbat2
Not sure if that project is actually underway yet. I beloieve a lot of those cranes and equipment that you might have saw are for a large sewer project that runs through the area (digging up the whole street and building a new concrete box tunnel). Also some new homes are being built in the immediate area.
Last I heard there were a select few NIMBYS that are holding it up who would much rather put up with a complex of abandoned wrecks than a lively restaurant/entertainment complex that will "create noise", "take up parking" (the lots proposed under 95 are nowhere big enough to them, the fact they are in what is called a "city" apparently has escaped their minds), oh and I'm pretty sure "attracting a rough element" is high on their minds too. 
I wouldn't be surprised if these are the same group of folks that stopped the restoration of the Jumbo theater at Front and Girard into a bar/concert venue a couple of years back citing the "rough element" excuse. Instead of being restored the building was gutted and made into a Deals store.  |
The building has been totally gutted, the windows have been knocked out and some have been replaced. The roof is in the process of being totally re-done.
I don't know if they have full approval on what is going in the building, but the building itself has been under heavy work for a couple months now.