Comments on: The Monseñor Romero Apartments (Deauville) is Still a Burned Out Shell in Mt. Pleasant

By: Terry Lynch

Terry Lynch — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:51:40 +0000

To my knowledge the financing is not yet in place for any work which is why nothing has happened to date, and I believe the property has been re-classified to be taxed at the blighted rate instead of as being improved and occupied which it clearly is not. I had inquired about its tax rate after the Post story about it several months ago.

By: blur

blur — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:26:23 +0000

Will believe when I see it.

By: AroundTheCorner

AroundTheCorner — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:13:19 +0000

Huh, what?

By: Mt. Pleasant Advocate

Mt. Pleasant Advocate — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:36:40 +0000

Architecture team has been selected. Construction will begin in Winter 2012.

By: bb

bb — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:30:18 +0000

Note that my original post says nothing about class or race. All I’m saying is that I want a diversity of businesses on that strip. I mean no harm to the places that are already there, I’m just saying I don’t want any further duplication. (The previous comment about why they don’t compete each other out of business is good – I’ve wondered that too.) And I want that burnt out shell to be put back into constructive use. Yeesh.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:05:35 +0000

I actually think the Jim Graham sign out front is a perfect advertisement for his candidacy and his tenure in the district.

This whole project has become a mess of good intentions/bad outcomes, and the city has perpetrated the issues. Either the residents have the money to buy the place and reconstruct it, or not.

By: dcdude

dcdude — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:03:55 +0000

I dunno. If MtP really was such a a moribund economic zone, don’t you think all those bodegas and laundromats that people complain about would have simply closed by now? The fact of the matter is that people do shop there. It’s not like there’s a ton of empty sorefronts along the strip. It’s true, many of the businesses on MtP don’t cater to people with higher incomes, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t fullfilling a need.

By: dcdude

dcdude — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:47:16 +0000

bb thinks that the current vacant shell is better than a bodega or dry cleaner, and you want us to explain why that is wrong? Really? We can argue about economic diversity all you want, but that is just dumb.

By: Jeezus

Jeezus — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:41:08 +0000

It simply isn’t racist to think that a dry cleaner or a bodega is not the best economic choice for the neighborhood, nor to note that a particular neighborhood already has a high number of these businesses. Announcing that that opinion must be “racist” or “classist” actually says more about that commentator calling them out than the person who is aspiring for a different kind of business. Further, it desensitizes other readers to actual racism, you know, the real kind.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:45:50 +0000

I never new the history of this lot until now, but every time I walk by it I want it to be turned into a park. I picture the facade of the building being stabilized for structural integrity, some trees and greenery added to the interior perimeters. That space could be used to host early evening live music and movie nights projected on one of the nearby buildings. Or a few of the central windows could be filled in to provide a backdrop for a screen.

Of course…I can totally see that not being ideal for neighbors, and the displaced tenants factor makes my dream seem particularly selfish.