Continuing the theme from yesterday …
We were strolling downtown on Saturday evening and noticed a “contract pending” banner on the Bank of Salem Building (234 Pearl Street), which many of us remember as Jim’s Gun Room (recently, the ground floor was used for a wretched Budweiser-festooned swill den).
Can anyone divulge the plan there?
Also, hopeful news: The May on-line edition of “The Visitor — The Monthly Newsletter of St. Marks United Church of Christ” confirms that the church has received an offer (from an unidentified legal firm) for the bank building the church owns on the southeast corner of Spring and Bank streets. As the newsletter indicates, the church previously had been seeking approval to demolish the structure, but was not able to gain the requisite nod from the Historic Preservation Commission.
The grapevine continues to furiously hum about a prospective offer for the Reisz Furniture building (think: condos) on Main Street, but lips are sealed and concrete information is lacking.
North across Main Street, the (three?) older commercial buildings with interconnected ground floors that until recently housed the antique mall now are for up for grabs.
Does anyone know the current status of the former Abe’s Rental (next to Reisz), and the space previously occupied by Main Street Grind? The fortunes of these blocks could change very quickly if the rumored Reisz transaction comes to pass.
With Scribner Place Phase I construction just around the corner, speculation about tipping points already has begun. How long has it been since you could say that?
