The only reason I ever considered taking geometry at KU was to better understand pizza strategy. (I learned when I’m really hungry, I have my pizza pie cut into 16 pieces instead of 12.) In other words, pizza is a big deal in Lawrence, which makes it hard to believe that the third-largest pizza chain in America doesn’t already operate in Lawrence. Soon, though, it will. Little Caesars is set to open a new ...
The home improvement game is competitive locally. And I’m not just talking about when my neighbor added a Jacuzzi and I added a swimming pool with a 747 engine to outdo him. No, I’m talking about the competition between home improvement retailers. Now there are signs that one of those retailers is expanding, but it is probably not the one you are thinking of. McCray Lumber, 1516 W. Sixth St., has filed ...
Properties, of course, can’t catch COVID, but one prominent piece of vacant ground along Sixth Street got sick from the pandemic nonetheless. I’m talking about the vacant commercial lot at the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Folks Road. As other pieces of property in growing northwest Lawrence developed, it continued to sit empty. That may change as plans have been filed for a new pharmacy and health ...
We all got new hobbies in 2020, and for many it was pushing the “Buy Now” button on the computer screen. 2021’s hobby may be finding a place to store it all. (As I’ve already explained, I didn’t think the Jumbotron would be that jumbo.) Regardless, area residents soon might have a new self-storage business to choose from in far west Lawrence. “Might” is the key word in that statement. The project ...
Let’s end the year by emptying the notebook of some news and notes from around town: — I would have thought the most popular improvement project at a grocery store in 2020 was adding a security booth in the toilet paper aisle. But actually, there were quite a few major upgrades to Lawrence grocers in 2020. Just to mention a few: Checkers added a new in-store coffee shop; Target did a complete remodel of ...
The idea of a large apartment complex on vacant property just southwest of Clinton Parkway and Iowa Street won’t go away. Neither will the day care center that sits near the middle of that vacant property. Plans once again have been filed for a more than 300-bedroom apartment complex to be built on an approximately 9-acre site at 2300 Crestline Drive, which is about a block from Clinton Parkway and Iowa. The ...