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Finally some info about the Charley Grainger's that was announced a while back. It looks like it'll be going in the same general area as Highway 55 and initially focusing on lunch. The plans are to open this summer.
Finally some info about the Charley Grainger's that was announced a while back. It looks like it'll be going in the same general area as Highway 55 and initially focusing on lunch. The plans are to open this summer.
Not yet. It all depends on 2 buildings. You have the former Whiskey Rocks building which they are supposedly turning into some sort of open market type of building once they tear down the former Rum Runners building. Once the WR building is occupied, then that block will be full.
Then right across from Pullman Square, you have the building that was part of the former Stone and Thomas but separately owned and thus not part of the MUVAC. There is currently work being done in this building but as pointed out, our local media is a little light on investigative reporting so I have no idea to what is being done there. They have had scaffolding inside and have also been doing roof work for some time now. Once that building is occupied, that block of 3rd Ave will be occupied, at least on the ground level.
Once something goes into the former Unos, only one little place at Pullman Square will be left as well. I noticed the other day that the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory has been added to the Coldstone Creamery. If that does well there, it would be a great place for them to expand into as it isn't a very large space.
The focus needs to turn to 4th Ave now and redeveloping the buildings there and filling in the empty lots! With some of the things Kitler mentioned, hopefully this is coming soon!
The focus needs to turn to 4th Ave now and redeveloping the buildings there and filling in the empty lots! With some of the things Kitler mentioned, hopefully this is coming soon!
4th Ave is certainly the next project for the city, and really MU too. Connecting the center of downtown to MU is the final piece to make our downtown very strong.
Hey isn't 6th Ave slowly building up? Like there are a few restaurants there in old homes. This is a pretty reminiscent of some hippie areas in other cities.
4th Ave tee shop is not happening. Dude was a flake and all mouth and went back on his lease. Whisk space is once again for rent.
Meanwhile, the worlds biggest cell-phone tower (the Morris Bldg) continues to rot and be all blighty. Offers of purchase have been made, but owners refuse to sell. Why should they, when they can just collect $ from the phone companies to do nothing?
Edit: oh yeah, Dr. Touma is rehabbing the 3rd ave buildings of which you were speaking.
Hopefully the new Vacant Building Fee will help to dissuade some of those who would intentionally want to keep their buildings empty. Hopefully this is especially true in the core downtown since the fees will be higher (doubled I believe).
Glad to hear that Dr. Touma gained control of that building next to the VAC. Have you heard if he has any current plans there?
And yeah, 6th Ave is slowly improving. Hopefully investment will spur further investment and it will add more job and living opportunities. Hopefully something can be done with the old passenger station on 7th Ave once CSX vacates that property. That could really be a draw if done properly.
Hopefully something can be done with the old passenger station on 7th Ave once CSX vacates that property. That could really be a draw if done properly.
What do you think could go there? It's an interesting space. The building is awesome, but it can't really be used as a living space or shopping. I guess some restaurant could go there but that just seems underwhelming.
Actually, a museum would be cool! A science museum or something else more tailored to Huntington.
I think that it definitely needs to be a multi-use space. You could use a small section to bring the Amtrak passenger station back into the building, add a nice restaurant, have a nice train museum run by the CPH Historical Train Society, use the eastern wing for a nice children's science museum, have incubator space, etc. Proper use of this building could bring us back to our roots and really help that 6th Ave/7th Ave growth that was previously mentioned.
The city has mentioned building a new fire station and abandoning the Centennial Station which would add a great opportunity for further development, especially if combined with the former Ronk's property. You could put a new development there that would be built to feel like part of the train station and would serve both the downtown and Southside areas. Then the entire development would run from the 8th Street viaduct to the 10th Street viaduct, creating a nice east west pedestrian connection between the two. It would also tie nicely into the new pub going into the old MacReedo's/MacIntosh's.
I've heard it said that the passenger station needs to be on the South side of the tracks and if so, perhaps giving AEP the current Amtrak Station and swapping it for their storage yard across from the CSX building would allow for a bridge and platform to be connected into the property. It could be an enclosed bridge with a covered platform and just a small enclosed area for colder weather. This too would of course be built in that older train station style with mostly red brick and wrought iron features.
Done properly, this could really add a lot to the area.
"Glad to hear that Dr. Touma gained control of that building next to the VAC. Have you heard if he has any current plans there?"
Not that I've heard. I'll letcha know.
Sounds good!
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