Mid-City tear down
July 19th, 2006 by Jim TaylorFrom the Housing Conservation District Review Committee:
Meeting Agenda
July 24, 2006
10 a.m., Room 7E07 City HallThe owners of the properties listed below have made application to demolish them. Their applications will be considered by the Housing Conservation District Review Committee on the date described above. We invite you to attend the meeting to make your neighborhood’s position known. For more information about the proposed demolitions or to express an opinion, please call Maryann Miller at 636-3046 or email her at mmiller@prcno.org
Mid-City
134-36 S. Solomon St. Owner Biff Burk has applied to demolish this Neoclassical Revival shotgun double residence to be replaced with a vacant lot.
I believe this is the house at the corner of S. Solomon and Cleveland. A few months ago, a neighbor saw some guys taking the floors, mantels, doors and windows. When she inquired, he said he used to live there and the owner was going to tear the place down and said he could have the components. Now we have the application to tear the house down to be replaced with an empty lot which, I suspect, will become parking for Burk and Associates. We will see more and more of this.
Update: Map link
August 10th, 2006 at 8:28 am
I spoke with Biff Burk regarding this property. The plan is to replace the building with a duplicate building and to replicate the style, not to turn it into parking. Their architect has drawn up a plan of what the new building will look like. You can email Biff Burk at wburk@bkiusa.com if you have any questions.