Park View Inn

[Timkin]

hmm... theres a thought.. maybe theyll keep stripping it and selling the scrapmetal. That also explains why the metal pieces of the Facade are gone.. as well as lightfixtures   I think its funny. 

If someone will rent a wrecking ball , I ll GLADLY level it

[vicupstate]

I wouldn't have a problem with leveling the Parkview and building new, especially if it were something like the rendering that Lake's firm did.   

However, because of the contamination, the 'demo and build new' startegy is not likely at all.

Therefore, let's realize that this building CAN be made into something attractive that would have a positive impact on both Downtown and Springfield.   The outside can be remade in such a way that it would look nothing like what it does now. The savings from reusing the steel structure might allow a residential conversion that would be priced at the workforce level, which DT Jax sorely needs.

Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.

     

[vicupstate]

Would you tear this down, or would you renovate it ??

[walter]

oh thats a classic representation of soviet style architecture.  This would have to be saved as a landmark to to that style.  Whats it called the monolithic box?  They just don't make em like the used to.

[downtownparks]

Look, Its a whole city of Park View Inns.



For those not familiar with this photo, or this site, its actually pretty interesting. The girl who took this is Ukrainian, and she likes to take high speed rides through the dead zone of Chernobyl. That plant you see in the distance is Chernobyl.

Check out her story at http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chernobyl-revisited/chapter1.html

[Driven1]

cool site dtp!

[walter]

I'm very familiar with this area.... I fight in it almost every day in "Call of Duty 4"

[Timkin]

An option for the Park View could be.....


Tear it down to one wall... pick a wall .. any wall will do  and remodel it.  This would save on the impact fee of totally destroying it and going new-build.

The problem I see with that is.. My understanding is there is contamination in the soil beneath it , from the former coal gassification plant.  If it is NOT causing a problem elsewhere (which I doubt) then by all means remodel it... take it to one wall and rebuild..

If the alleged contamination IS in fact causing contamination elsewhere , it needs remediation.. and I know of only one way to get to it.


As for the building in the next  statement.. No it isnt unsightly and rundown and blighted like Parkview. Also, it isnt hideous  as the Parkview most definitely is.  Adding Blight, disrepair and trash all over the place isnt helping.  Do something with it. Remodel it , tear it down,  Pick it up with housemoving equipment, take it to a Barge to take out to the Atlantic and make an artificial reef out of..  anything would be an improvement.

As for DTPs "City of Parkview Inns"  *getting Nauseated..... DTP... where IS that wrecking ball you were gonna fight me over?

[vicupstate]

This is what that building (five posts back) looks like today....











that's why I don't believe the Parkview can't be ade into something nice.

[Timkin]

SWEET!



Im impressed.  I cant ( I mean i can ,but its just amazing..)  belive its the same building


AND AGAIN I SAY... If contamination isnt affecting anything other than the site its on, go for it!  Remodel it !

[thelakelander]

I've seen that Greenville building in person.  It turned out to be a great project.

[Timkin]

Its impecible.  Id stand totally corrected on the Parkview if it ended up looking even half as good.

Im sure its possible... But I see alot of empty buildings around.

I wish I had the time and resources to rehab these places.  Alot of cities recognize these blighted buildings, historic or not , and rehab them to do something nice to them, rather than tear them down and/or leave them sitting there decaying. . This revitilization effort  seems to bring people back to their downtowns.. Make them Flourish again..

Someone mentioned a Movie Theatre.. I dont know if the Parkview's location would be a fit there, but perhaps a modern Theatre inside with a yesteryear decor on the outside, like many of the Black and White Photos on the site , depict of the streets of downtown from many years ago.  Housing would be a fit for it , if there wasnt so much availiable on the market now. 

Maybe the Parkview should go on the endangered list.  and surely, theres some reuse for it.

[vicupstate]

I've seen that Greenville building in person.  It turned out to be a great project.

Eventually, the grassy area in front of the parking lot with be phase 2 & 3.  At least that is the plan.  Each of those phases consists of a building built up to the street.  Where the two buildings meet, there will be a small plaza area with a fountain and such, which would be on the street corner.  Each of these buildings will have a level of below grade parking.  The street level will be retail/restaurant with either apartments or condos on two levels above.     

All of that is predicated on the city completing  a planned streetscaping project.

I hope all of that happens, since I live in the pictured building.  I'd love to be able to just walk to a reatuarant or coffee shop.   

BTW, this building is just a little beyond the far outskirts of Downtown Greenville.     

[fsujax]

I saw a story on the news last night on Fox 30 about the Park View Inn.  Apparently the City is getting fed up with it and has been issuing many citations to the owner. The story highlighted the fact, that the City could have the building condemed and torn down in the next few months.

http://www.fox30online.com/content/topstories/story.aspx?content_id=13f20b80-f0a0-459e-8e2e-4874fd6cea11

[thelakelander]

I predict, if the city forces the issue, it will end up in their hands.  Unless, they help this guy out with some type of incentive package or a deal with someone like FCCJ to use it for additional campus space, I don't see the private sector stepping up to renovate this structure with all the environmental issues this site carries.  On the other hand, it is a brownfield site.  There is grant money available for problem sites like this.