The National Coney Island was getting a new red metal roof today when I rode by it. I'll try and grab a picture of the remodeling that they are doing. I'm guessing it will be completed by the time the Fall semester starts.
The City Council is looking forward on with the Avondale Square project and the project on Louis Street. Joe Goodsir, the owner of properties on both streets, is planning on selling his properties on Virginia Street (Avondale Square) to the city for a reduced price in exchange for brownfield funding for the development that he is proposing on Louis Street.
Plans look to be moving forward with the redevelopment of the two houses on Louis Street. The developer is hoping to demolish the houses in May 2010 when the current leases expire.
In the same article from the State News as the City Center II stuff today, it's mentioned that the city is going forward on an application for TIGER funding from the Feds to renovate the EL Amtrak station.
I've been wanting them to tear down that shack they pass off as a train station for years. I'm so happy to hear it's getting redeveloped. It's embarrassing. Apparently, it was originally built as some kind of storage facility or polebarn for MSU, and you can tell.
I also heard on Channel 6 when they reported on this, last night, that they were redeveloping the land around it to include housing or something, but wasn't listening very closely. It could be I heard two different stories melding in to one another. lol
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Source: The State News http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/07/council_negotiates_the_sale_of_2_el_properties_to_the_city
http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/08/rental_permanent_housing_might_be_added_in_el_area
I also heard on Channel 6 when they reported on this, last night, that they were redeveloping the land around it to include housing or something, but wasn't listening very closely. It could be I heard two different stories melding in to one another. lol