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Did_I_say_that 3 months, 2 weeks ago

That corner looks like a potential auxiliary parking lot for the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center.

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somebodynew 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Yes it does. BUT try getting that past either the neighborhood association or the historical committee. NOT going to happen. They could not even turn an EMPTY lot into a parking lot a couple of years ago.

Did_I_say_that 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Let us meet here in 18 months and see what actually happens to the property.

I foresee a renovation of the wagon barn, demolition of the house, and a parking lot for visitors to the barn and set-aside spaces for the City.

Cant_have_it_both_ways 3 months, 2 weeks ago

And the East siders wonder why adding new stuff to that part of town is never considered. Kinda like a dog with an old bone, dog does not want the bone, but doesn't want another dog to have it either.

Catalano 3 months, 2 weeks ago

No, it got turned into affordable housing.

consumer1 3 months, 2 weeks ago

That won't happen the granolas don't want a parking lot in east Lawrence. The city will give it or lease it long term to Tenant's to Homeowner's who will spend 1 million dollars to rebuild a house worth $135,000.00. Then sell it to an "underpriveledged" buyer for $56,000.00. IF you don't believe me save this blog and watch.

Katara 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Renaissance 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Hysterical society, please. The motto " If it's old, it's clearly worth saving" is the exact reason 1) We can't free the market and re-build portions of this town that need some 'freshening up' and 2) my fridge smells

merrill 3 months, 2 weeks ago

There are some crafts people in this town that most certainly can restore that property into one beautiful piece of property. Absolutely.

jhawkinsf 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Then why haven't they done so?

Claire Williams 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Because it hasn't been up for sale for them to do so?

merrill 3 months, 2 weeks ago

They need to be hired by the property owners.

jhawkinsf 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Correct. Of course, then your statement could apply to every property in town that needs work done to it. All that is lacking here is money and desire on the part of the property owner. How do you propose to change that so the local craftspeople can come in and restore the property, as your original post suggests?

Toto12 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Did you not actually read the story?

jhawkinsf 3 months, 2 weeks ago

The last sentence suggests the commission will create a process. What process was Merrill suggesting that will get craftspeople in and do now what apparently hasn't been done for years. Will this be done by volunteers? By the Historical society? By the city? Will a grant be submitted somewhere in the hopes of getting funds? Details.

Cant_have_it_both_ways 3 months, 2 weeks ago

If the, what ever group, demands that this property be saved and restored...then get off your butts, form a restoration group and meet up on Saturdays and fix it yourselves. Otherwise, tear the damn thing down or lean on the property owners to fix it. The city has no business with this dump.

bearded_gnome 3 months, 2 weeks ago

let's see.

prime location.

good traffic access.

shouldn't be a problem.

...

except ...

consumer1 3 months, 2 weeks ago

The city will give it or lease it long term to Tenant's to Homeowner's for $1.00 per year, who will spend 1 million dollars to rebuild a house worth $135,000.00. Then sell it to an "underpriveledged" buyer for $56,000.00. IF you don't believe me save this blog I call this the twisted Halo effect.

blindrabbit 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Why does the Court House need more parking as Did_I_say_that suggests. A better solution to that problem, require the City and County to move a bunch of those seldom/frequently used patrol cars to an offsite location, say to the the East 11th Street Maintenance area. Many of the vehicles I mentioned look like they are wleded to the ground, as they never move.

verity 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Again, hell has frozen over and it's pretty balmy outside. I agree with consumer1.

The house just down the street from there (1124?) was renovated by a partnership between some organization and Tenant's to Homeowner's. In my opinion a rather bad job was done on the inside, outside looks OK. The people from Tenant's to Homeowner's wouldn't ever tell me exactly what it cost, but it was obvious from the information I did get that it was way more than a new house could have been built for.

Again my opinion, but I don't think any of the buildings at 1106 are worth keeping and with the narrow street, traffic and parking is a nightmare during the work day or when something is going on at the park. I'm surprised there haven't been worse accidents with the police pealing out of there.