Teele Sq: building with fire to be torn down

[cos]

That Teele Square fire this weekend will result in demolition of the building:

It soon spread to three other businesses: Nail Image salon, Kee Kar Lau Chinese restaurant, and Maria's Italian Cold Cuts. No one was hurt in the fire, but the single-story strip mall will have to be torn down, city spokeswoman Jacqueline Rossetti said.

Comments

[ron_newman]

I wouldn't mind seeing an urban 3-4 story building here, with residences and/or offices on upper floors, as long as it has small commercial storefronts at street level.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

That's my thought as well--could actually turn out to be a boost for the community in the long term. I hope the businesses are able to pull through.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

As long as it isn't built by the people who built the (supposedly) mixed use place at 1100 Broadway, where the residents are trying to sue.

[brewso.livejournal.com]

We considered a condo there - why are the residents trying to sue?

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

There was a DSLJ post about it, but I'm too tired to try to find it. Basically, the roof doesn't shed water right, and so it gets massive ice dams and the ceilings leak and damage things, and also some of the gas piping wasn't right. And since we looked at a condo there too and I remember the elevator trying to eat me, I also remember something from the article about how the elevator was wrong too, but don't remember the deets. Sorry I'm so tired. :/

[koloratur.livejournal.com]

And maybe a coffee shop! I love taking my car to Arco, but I hate that there is nowhere good in the area to sit and wait, now that Teele Square Cafe is gone.

(Although Renee's is super delicious.)

[ron_newman]

Magnificent Muffin?

[koloratur.livejournal.com]

Closes at noon, and is not exactly a sit-down experience.

[ron_newman]

Didn't realize they closed so early!