Re: "Truman Blvd"??
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:33 pm
haha. I know. And I agree.KCPowercat wrote: Yeah but who is going to do that?
I was just looking for another reason to cap the loop.
haha. I know. And I agree.KCPowercat wrote: Yeah but who is going to do that?
I was just looking for another reason to cap the loop.
Last spring, Mainstreet Theater opened after a $25 million renovation that transformed what was once a blighted embarrassment into a downtown redevelopment star.
It's a pity the job remains unfinished four months later. Not the historic building at 14th and Main streets. It's the rest of the block that remains shabby.
The corner at Main and Truman Road next to the theater is a gravel lot with a couple of concrete barricades haphazardly added for good measure.
West along Truman up to Baltimore Avenue is a scraggly embankment of rubble and weeds. It borders a temporary parking lot used by Hilton President Hotel guests before its garage opened two years ago.
Another chunk of unfinished South Loop business lingers by the new Cosentino's Market Downtown, which opened in January. The empty corner at 13th and Walnut streets is where the Cordish Co. wants to build a high-rise condo-hotel project.
Right now, it's a gravel lot.