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The lost block of East Broad Street

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Eric Huffstutler 05/29/2014 at 12:46 PM

John, your link to the April CHA newsletter doesn’t seem to work. Try this – article starts on page 20.

http://www.churchhill.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014APR-web.pdf

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Michael 05/29/2014 at 1:15 PM

Can anyone clarify why these buildings were torn down? Is this because of the underground train tunnel caused structural issues? Perhaps the article in the newsletter clarifies this question, but the link does not work, so I cannot read it.

IMHO, the north side of Broad between 24th and 25th Streets across from St. John’s is one of the most important blocks in the neighborhood. It is vastly underutilized and poorly maintained in its current form as a park. Now don’t get me wrong, I am a huge proponent of green spaces. With that being said, I just don’t understand why what appears to be critical commercial space for the surrounding neighborhood was bulldozed and turned into a park that hardly anyone uses.

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Michael 05/29/2014 at 6:04 PM

OK, now that the link is up and working, I am able to get the answer to my own question. Thanks to Eric for a very interesting article. I really enjoyed reading it. Now perhaps, can we can start a project to get rid of this park with something that actually contributes to the neighborhood?

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Lee 05/30/2014 at 9:08 AM

Maybe we could have a public space there that does something unique or innovative that will bring people to the hill to see it? Struggling to think of what it could be, though. (Interactive public art…?…I really don’t know.)

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Lee 05/30/2014 at 9:09 AM

Also, all of those buildings look quite cute. They are much more attractive than contemporary replacements probably would be. *sigh*

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Harold Messler 06/03/2014 at 7:21 PM

I am looking for pictures of the East End and Patrick Henry theaters from the 1950’s and 1960’s.
I can’t find anything on how they looked back then.
Thanks,
Harold M.

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John M 06/03/2014 at 8:13 PM

Here are the tags for each of those, there are very few photos from before

/tag/patrick-henry-theater/

/tag/east-end-theater/

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