I realized that I failed to what I set out to do a few months ago. I
wanted to do a photo essay and basically I started with taking some
photos along 103rd Street. This was back in October and although I
shared a few pics back then there were than that in my photo library.
For example, I have some pics taken east of King Drive on 103rd Street.
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103rd & Rhodes |
The pic above I knew at one time as the offices of
Congressman Mel Reynolds. In 1995 he was caught up in a sex scandal with
an underaged girl and was forced to resign. Unfortunately this property
is now vacant and looking for a use since the time of Reynold's having
his congressional offices here.
Across the street is a
former dry cleaners. It's unclear when this particular building became
vacant. Across the street from here is this.
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103rd Street between Rhodes and St. Lawrence |
In a different time this property had once been home
to a McDonald's. That store eventually closed down and was ultimately
demolished a with a church built instead.
Beyond this church and the former dry cleaners is this vacant lot.
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103rd Street between Rhodes & St. Lawrence |
I see this as potention for this part of 103rd and
one of many undeveloped lots ready for the right development. To be sure
103rd is largely a commercial corridor and is quite walkable. With the
right development it could be a very vibrant corridor.
Of
course this is only an example of some of the pics I took in October
2016. I hope to share more of them in the future. And apologies for not
sharing these much sooner. My goal is hopefully to come up with some
ideas perhaps this part of town could use some bold vision and why not.
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