Brooklyn's Avon Apartments destroyed by fire

[Tacachale]

The issue in Jax's urban core is that so much has been lost without replacement that it's important to protect what we have left. There are very few remaining historic buildings in Brooklyn at this point. The Park Street warehouses aren't anything special, historically speaking, but keeping and repurposing them would bring a lot more character to the neighborhood than tearing them down for some new construction surrounded by parking lots.

[Adam White]

The issue in Jax's urban core is that so much has been lost without replacement that it's important to protect what we have left. There are very few remaining historic buildings in Brooklyn at this point. The Park Street warehouses aren't anything special, historically speaking, but keeping and repurposing them would bring a lot more character to the neighborhood than tearing them down for some new construction surrounded by parking lots.

In the case of Brooklyn, I think that ship has pretty much sailed. They destroyed the neighborhood. But there may be a few decent buildings that should or could be repurposed. And that can be a good thing. Maybe this building could've been fixed up - but it burned down and hopefully the lot won't sit empty.

[lastdaysoffla]

https://jaxpsychogeo.com/the-center-of-the-city/brooklyn-avon-apartments-sams-grocery-after-the-fire/

[MusicMan]

The building is currently Active For Sale on local MLS (#843099).  So it's theoretically still available for purchase .

The private remarks say: "Building to be knocked down in the near future and cleared lot will be available. Sold-As-Is."

The people who own it are in the best position to renovate it, and even they did not want to.

Time to move on.