Yesterday, when biking down Butler Street, I passed by the St. Augustine Friary site. The building is set back from the street, but not quite as badly as was mentioned (more like a few feet) although there is a weird kink in the facade mid block for some reason. Perhaps more importantly, there was
a sign up on this parking lot that Wylie Holdings was marketing it for development. The Friary selling off this lot for development is a welcome sign, and it's a big enough plot to hold a medium-sized apartment building like Doughboy Square Apartments. A basically complete street wall from Doughboy Square to at least 40th within a decade is looking more and more likely.
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I just found out - unfortunately while biking home yesterday - the street improvements on Smallman have begun. Word to the wise, there's nowhere for bikes to travel on Smallman any longer, since it's been temporarily narrowed to a narrow two-lane street. I suppose I'll have to bike on Spring Way on the way back home for awhile.
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Also, while unrelated, I drove to Sq. Hill this past weekend and the apartment complex that was being spearheaded by Herky Pollack is well under construction with all the steel in place and topped out. Had no clue it had broken ground
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Are you sure it's not the senior apartment? IIRC, the senior apartment (an Action Housing project) was set back from the corner on Murray Avenue. In contrast, the market-rate apartment was supposed to be right on the corner, and required the demolition of a few of the existing buildings on Forward.