2ndline wrote:
B&T402, there hasn't been a foundry on mill street since the 1930's. And the machine shop on that site is housed in one of the newest buildings on the entire street. Not exactly an eyesore. Certainly not a boutique though; -)
Minor semantics. Let's agree on "machine shop" then, which has a connotation almost as shitty as "foundry".
Let's not kid ourselves to say that something like that, or an abattoir!!, belongs in the mix of any redevelopment of that area. The ToM should be by now at least in talks to help facilitate some kind of deal, to get rid of these blights. Back in the day when those facilities were first installed, they got their water (and presumably dumped waste -ew) at that location, and needed to be there. Fast forward two or three lifetimes, that is no longer the case. They are there just because that's where they've always been, and there is no motive to change. I say someone needs to write some cheques and get fricking rid of it all.
This is what I mean about "half-assing" it. Do you remember The Dicken's patio down there, in high humidty? The smell was sometimes so bad it affected your eyes, never mind just your nose. Are you going to buy a condo overlooking that? Come on Milton, let's get moving on this.