The photos above were taken within the past few days, but the inexorably decaying building and the chronically unaddressed intersection sight line blockage date back to the Garner administration, and perhaps before.
Now it's the Gahan administration. I wrote about the gorgeous, enticing Williams Plumbing Corner most recently almost one year ago ... and it wasn't the first time, then:
Today's OSIN column: "Municipal dysfunction sweeping prohibited."
Like basic exterior repairs. I’m continually amazed by prominent examples of neglect that go completely unaddressed.
Almost every day, I walk or bike past Williams Plumbing on the northeast corner of E. Spring and 9th. If I’m not mistaken, long ago it was Cora Shrader’s Shoppe, a nicely maintained corner property.
Now it is a scantily maintained, increasingly dilapidated eyesore used exclusively for what amounts to industrial storage. Extreme weather over a period of years has torn hunks of siding away from both sides of the house, exposing the wood. Worse, the company’s big trucks tend to be parked right on Spring Street, consistently impeding the view of motorists approaching southbound on 9th.
Do these trucks get ticketed when they block the street sweeper, or does the invisible, undefined, non-enforcement Green Line come into play?
Is it downtown or midtown?
Lowdown, or down low?
If there is ticketing, does Williams Plumbing pay the tickets?
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