Somewhere in Springfield

[johnnyroadglide]

Any of you guys in Springfield recognize this building?



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[Jimmy]

It definitely makes me think of the building that Waffa and Mike's is in.  1544 N. Main Street.  But it's differnt.

[danno]

The old Firestone garage on Main... Forgot which block?

[Jimmy]

station at 8th and Liberty

I was just about to post that!  Sure looks a lot like it on Google maps.

Map Link

[johnnyroadglide]

You got it...I was driving around that area last year and saw that building and thought that would make a neat model for my model railroad. So I took a bunch of pictures and came home and built it.

[Jimmy]

Not for nothing, but is there a way to hide all that map URL code?  I wanted to just say, "Map" and have all the code hidden.  I could do it on vB, I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it here on SMF.

[danem]

Not for nothing, but is there a way to hide all that map URL code?  I wanted to just say, "Map" and have all the code hidden.  I could do it on vB, I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it here on SMF.

Make a shorter link at http://bit.ly

You can also do this (url=http://example.com)Example(/url) replacing parens with brackets.

Yay it works

[Jimmy]

Excellent!  Thanks!  Sorry to derail the thread.

This is very helpful!!

[peestandingup]

You should update it for the 2011 & put the crack junkies/dealers in front of it instead of the car.

And before anyone jumps on me with the "not in MY Springfield" stuff, I have friends that live very close to this & they've told me all the stories. I've also witnessed myself some woman tapping her vein & getting ready to shoot up. So yeah, its there.

Anyone know who owns the building??

P.S. That's a really nice job BTW.

[letters and numbers]

oh man i learned that that intersection is the worst part of springfield its just the gas station hud housing and a bad rental there
the drug dealing on that corner at night is plain to see. thats crazy because 7 and 9 street there are really really nice.

[Springfielder]

8th and Liberty....not the greatest intersection. I've always liked that building, in fact, Preservation SOS did a clean up and beautification on that corner a few months ago....the flowers are all still there too.

The property: 252 E 8TH ST is owned by:  LAUGHING GULL LLC
http://apps.coj.net/PAO_PropertySearch/Basic/Detail.aspx?RE=0716890000

[johnnyroadglide]

You should update it for the 2011 & put the crack junkies/dealers in front of it instead of the car.

And before anyone jumps on me with the "not in MY Springfield" stuff, I have friends that live very close to this & they've told me all the stories. I've also witnessed myself some woman tapping her vein & getting ready to shoot up. So yeah, its there.

Anyone know who owns the building??

P.S. That's a really nice job BTW.

Thanks.. my railroad is set in the late 40's early 50's so a car and real live station attendants are appropriate. Remember those???

[ChriswUfGator]

oh man i learned that that intersection is the worst part of springfield its just the gas station hud housing and a bad rental there
the drug dealing on that corner at night is plain to see. thats crazy because 7 and 9 street there are really really nice.

F or some information on this you may want to take it up with
S par, since the title to that property is held
U nder craig van horn's investment company and as has been discussed in about
8 different threads, Craig Van Horn and SPAR are simpatico. Maybe
1 day someone will finally do something with it, it's been stagnating along with the
3 parcels surrounding it, also owned by van horn, forever.

[Springfielder]

oh man i learned that that intersection is the worst part of springfield its just the gas station hud housing and a bad rental there
the drug dealing on that corner at night is plain to see. thats crazy because 7 and 9 street there are really really nice.

F or some information on this you may want to take it up with
S par, since the title to that property is held
U nder craig van horn's investment company and as has been discussed in about
8 different threads, Craig Van Horn and SPAR are simpatico. Maybe
1 day someone will finally do something with it, it's been stagnating along with the
3 parcels surrounding it, also owned by van horn, forever.

[Jimmy]

I see what you did there, Chris.  LOL