Park View Inn

[Lunican]

That's probably a pretty accurate prediction. Another city owned surface parking lot may be on the way.

[thelakelander]

It will be one of the most expensive surface lots, if they have to clean the crap laying under the building's foundation.  I don't know if the city is willing to write that kind of check.

[Steve]

Well, if they decide to tear down the building, they are responsible for cleaning the site, right?

[thelakelander]

I believe so.

[Lunican]

Maybe not if they leave the foundation in place.

[thelakelander]

Then it will still be an eyesore.  I believe the foundation is lower than street level, which means the exposed pit would become a nasty artifical lake filled with rainwater.  If the foundation does stay in place, I guess they could dump more dirt on it and make it an extension of Cofederate Park.

[Johnny]

Then it will still be an eyesore.  I believe the foundation is lower than street level, which means the exposed pit would become a nasty artifical lake filled with rainwater.  If the foundation does stay in place, I guess they could dump more dirt on it and make it an extension of Cofederate Park.

Sounds like a homeless camp waiting to happen... Awesome!

[jbm32206]

It already houses them, and along the embankments of the creek that runs along side it.

[Timkin]

Perhaps infilling the foundation with Topsoil and grassing it in.  It would then be a small vacant lot.. Just a thought.  Less of an expensive check to write and perhaps in the future someone could build on the old foundation.

Now that I have seen pictures taken of the views of the City, I think its a shame the building got into such horiffic shape.  Even more sad , is that it has remained blighted for a long long time.  I dont like the curb appeal it has presently even if it was in good shape.. BUT  I now see that it could easily be made attractive.

We dont need anymore surface parking.  but a vacant grassy lot on the site wouldnt hurt my feelings.

[JeffreyS]

This blight on such a busy street really is a black eye on Jax.  How about we convert it into a courthouse?

[Steve]

Then it would just be a vacant dirt lot

[jbm32206]

Then it would just be a vacant dirt lot

and they'd have to fence and block off all the streets around it

[JeffreyS]

And using the building would cost $600 million. Plus incidentals.

[Timkin]

And by the time it was finished , incidentals and all , It would be around 900million.  =(

[downtownparks]

All that, and it would be done well before 2060.