10th and Carson

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Originally Posted by steindle

The entire block between 10th and 11th has had me scratching my head for years now, as well as the block between Carson and Bingham on 10th. Essentially the entire rest of the South Side, from 11th to the Hot Metal Bridge (and even on the other side of 10th Street in most cases, though that area is more industrial) is fixed up and well-preserved, but this ONE very visible block has looked completely awful for almost a decade now. There must be some reason. Nice to know they're finally fixing it up.

I was pretty happy when I saw this place being gutted earlier this spring. I go by it at least 2 times a day and its embarrassing condition was exponentially amplified by its prime location. It stood out like a sore thumb for years, which made no sense since it was in a such a great location in the Southside of all places.

As for the other side of 10th street, the one major garbage looking property that still remains is that old cement plant parcel wedged in between Carson and the train tracks. I know there was a proposal a while back to build a natural gas station there, but that ship has sailed since the one went in at Station Square. The problem is I don't know what would be a good use for the site, its too close to the active CSX tracks for residential and kind of out of the way for retail as well.