Shock City and the Polar Wave Ice Building
Shock
City Music Works has approached the BPNA for support in their
plans to redevelop the old burnt out Polar Wave Ice & Fuel Building
at 2200 Gravois into a state of the art Recording Studio.
There has been some controversy over
the closing of Crushing for use as part of the parking lot.
Here are the plans. A recording
studio on the left and apartments on the right with park underneath
them. There is even room for a possible restaurant in the
left/front side.
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Hodak’s Seeking to Close Part of Cushing Street
Steve May 2nd, 2006
The Benton Park Neighborhood is being asked to support a plan by
Hodak’s restaurant (map) to close part of Cushing St. so that the
popular eatery can expand its increasing number of parking spaces.
Hodak’s is seeking to close Cushing St. from McNair Ave. to a small
street known as Devolsey St. Hodak’s is already surrounded by way
too much parking, especially since they (illegally) razed buildings
to the east a few years ago for more parking. Yet, that is not good
enough. They want more spaces and more control.
As it is Hodak’s parking remains vacant during most hours of the day
with a large spike at dinner time. Do we really want to see streets
closed and possibly more buildings razed simply for a dinner crowd?
Not me.
Granted, Custing St. is not much of a street. Really, it is more of
a glorified alley but it does serve a number of adjacent property
owners along McNair & Victor as well as some real alleys connecting
to the street. It is wide enough to provide access for emergency
vehicles for various properties on both sides.
At this time I do not know what position, if any, that Alderwoman
Phyllis Young has taken. If you have an opinion please be sure to
share it with her and in the comments below.
The Benton Park Neighborhood Association meeting is tonight at The
Epiphany United Church of Christ located at 2911 Mc Nair. The first
hour, 6:30pm - 7:30pm, is a pot luck dinner and problem property
meeting with the main meeting starting at 7:30pm.
[UPDATE 5/3 @ 9:20am - The closure of Cushing would only be
“partial”, not going all the way to McNair. It still prevents
through traffic.]
- Steve
Last updated:
Friday, November 14, 2008
