Park View Inn construction?

[Debbie Thompson]

Strider, that's not what it looked like to me...unless you mean people who hire contractors to work on their homes.

Information for Homeowners Working at Home
If you are a homeowner performing renovation, repair, or painting work in your own home, EPA's RRP rule does not cover your project. However, you have the ultimate responsibility for the safety of your family or children in your care. If you are living in a pre-1978 home and planning to do painting or repairs, please read a copy of EPA's Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers, and Schools.  You may also want to call the National Lead Information Center at 1-800-424-LEAD (5323) and ask for more information on how to work safely in a home with lead-based paint.

However, it looks like if you rent any property, you have to provide your tenant with a lead booklet prior to painting, document compliance you have done so, and use lead-certified painting contractors...or become lead certified yourself before you can paint, it appears.  Yikes!  If you have any rental property, better learn the material.

[mtraininjax]

The park view Inn has to be lead abated and did so even prior to this latest (2008 - now being enforced) EPA policy.  This new ruling seems to be effecting residential more than anything.  It applies to homeowners working on their own homes as well.

Strider, I guess there are no windows to be removed in the Park View Inn, cause the law states that even companies that remove windows have to be certified, and be able to clean up the mess that removal creates. I doubt that in any abatement, all the windows and mess were cleaned up. This is a serious law with big teeth.

[Timkin]

The windows in the Hotel itself are gone...have been close to a year ,,,along with the doors, walls and railings... It  is almost as if it were being prepared for demolition.

I hope this plan does come to fruction.  It seems unanimous that the hotel needs to go.  I hope if nothing else is done , that at least what remains there gets a coat of paint and cleanup.  the entire block is such an eyesore.

[urbanlibertarian]

^^Where are they now?

[SPR Nole]

Anything new with this plan?  Any progress securing the funding?

[heights unknown]

When I was in the Navy, I would go into town and stay there on the weekends (when I was living on base in the barracks); this was in the mid and late 70's.  It was in super shape back then.  We would all frequent the strip clubs and disco's downtown back then and of course there was no bus service after 11 o'clock to midnight, so we would stay at "The Heart" as we called it the entire weekend.

It was still a decent hotel through to the late 80's because I can remember staying there in the late 80's and the boxer Larry Holmes, who was on top of the world then, was standing at the reservations desk and I spoke to him.  If I remember correctly the 90's is when it began to deteriorate (as did other spots and locations downtown and in the surrounding urban core).

[uptowngirl]

I wonder if the city will tear it down so we can quit wasting time on it. Sorry, but so many better causes to champion and protect in this city. Let it go and be done with it-restore Hogans Creek and lets paddle boat/kayak are cares away!

[Timkin]

It seems that the city tears all of the good buildings down, while buildings such as this are allowed to stand. I truly wish I could understand this line of thinking .

[Miss Fixit]

Anyone know the current status of the Park View Inn project? 

[Cliffs_Daughter]

So... does anybody know what's going on there presently?

They have a few construction personnel on site working in the garage area on the Ocean Street side.

[duvaldude08]

I was wondering the same thing. I was doing my downtown stroll on my lunch break and notice workers there as I passed by. I should have stopped and asked.

[Jaxson]

The Park View Inn is destined to outlive us all...

[Dog Walker]

ZOMBIES!

[CS Foltz]

Dog Walker......wrong........they were moving too fast to be zombies! Where is Code Enforcement when you need them? They must be more concerned about historical homes!

[Cliffs_Daughter]

Dog Walker......wrong........they were moving too fast to be zombies! Where is Code Enforcement when you need them? They must be more concerned about historical homes!

Well, perhaps their logic is that historic homes are mostly wood and therefore can demolish themselves with a few matches and propellant.
Whereas the Park View is a big concrete monstrosity in need of a good week-long traffic detour and some explosives.