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Originally Posted by citywatch
the southern end of broadway around where the old UA theater bldg is located does show the greater promise to me. That's cuz it has fewer swapmeets, or more bldgs where the ground floor spaces are vacant.
however, there is a totally vacant bldg on broadway around 4th st, referring to the bldg that caught on fire several yrs ago. there's a walkway barricade around it, which gives one the hope that demolition will begin shortly. But so far, no such luck. the corner of that intersection is one of the few areas in all of dt where I actually wish there was a parking lot instead of a hollowed out & mostly burned down bldg. that's an example of just how many layers of  still has to be dealt with in the hood. |
Same old story: it's easier to re-do completely dead areas than bustling bottom of the line areas. What might make more sense is to encourage uses such as swapmeets to move further northeast or southeast, where there is plentiful land and warehouses with minimal demand, and NO architectural treasures.
Hopefully, someone will take some parking lots and old low-rise and develop something nice in the area just south of there.
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