It's a refresh of sorts for the once Daily News Building in the city's downtown core, the building which has long been closed is sporting new plywood to ring in the New year.
The building at the corner of Second West and Seventh Street has not been in public use since the Daily News ended its operations in July of 2010.
Over the thirteen years since, It has at times been rumoured to be set for redevelopment, with a range of uses speculated over the years.
The one that seemed to have the most traction at one point, was a repurposing into a health facility with addiction services to be among those offered.
However, that hopeful plan to add to the services in the community from 2016 has long since faded and of late there's been little heard about the fate for the building.
With some luck, perhaps 2024 will herald the rebirth and replacement of boards for windows once again.
Themes of Civic planning and sustainable city initiatives can be followed through the year from our archive page.
They could at least paint the plywood.
ReplyDeleteWhere is the Pride.
You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change it's still gonna stink.
ReplyDeleteOne year in with our new council and it is starting to smell.
Love seeing how a private business owner making a private business decision about their private spending on privately owned property is blamed on new mayor and council
DeleteI’d love for you to define unsightly or nuisance in our civic bylaws.
DeleteThere are no consequences for the choices made in Prince Rupert and that comes from council on down.
Public alcohol consumption, go for it.
Pick up after your dog, don’t care.
Shovel a sidewalk or let a lawn grow a foot high, I don’t have to do that, I’ll get away with it.
Storefronts with plywood and graffiti on it, keep it that way so cruise mummy can call our town skidrowish again.
Prince Rupert is embarrassing to show to visitors. We only want them in certain areas and even then, we are delusional about the quality of those areas. Sure there are a few ‘quaint’ places but overall, there’s not a lot of substance. The town is dirty, rough and, dilapidated. Here’s the bigger problem, visitors get to go home but those of us living here have to look at this day after day after day. Then… we stop caring, then we become blind to it. This town is grubby and unkept. Yeah, the City and its officials have a responsibility. Get elected officials and high level employees out of City Hall and on to the street for a reality check.
DeleteMmural art -like they did when they plyboarded the corner lot when TJ's & Millar's Cigar Store burned - across fromm The Rupery Hotel. They had somme cool art. Isabel
ReplyDeleteI remember, back in the late '60's..maybe early '70's, when the plywood fence around the old Civic Center, after the fire, had a mural art contest. It certainly made the corner look so much nicer.
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