Showing posts with label demolitions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label demolitions. Show all posts
Monday, September 21, 2020

And the first thing they do is cut down an enormous healthy tree.

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In the final analysis, the local demolish 'n' develop cadre needn't be all that proficient at what they do. They can take down a...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

A view of the river; at the The Aggregate, investigative journalism has not died.

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The Aggregate is going where local mainstream media evidently fears to tread, and good on them for taking journalism seriously. But first, ...
Friday, September 04, 2020

Soup Is Good Food.

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Coverage by Nick Vaughn at The Aggregate on the topic of Riverview Tower's impending demolition. Shouldn't we invite Ben Carson t...
Thursday, September 03, 2020

Stars and Stripes of Corruption.

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Writing at The Aggregate , Nick Vaughn puts the boot in. VAUGHN: Is Anyone Really Surprised? The hypocrisy is truly astounding as the ...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

GIVE GAHAN THE BOOT: (Tuesday) Gahan the faux historic preservationist demolishes the historic structure -- with abundant malice.

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Last week was Harvest Homecoming, and my city's favorite festival kept me pinned to the tarmac, but now we're back to what passes...
Friday, September 27, 2019

Redevelopment machinations and those awesomely cute townhouses coming to Vincennes Street where the demolitions just went down.

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You may have noticed the demolitions on Vincennes. Photo credit: Bruce. These five lots between Ekin and Shelby ...  ... were pu...
Monday, June 24, 2019

Department of City-Owned Chicanery: Why did the city pay $300,000 for this (now) vacant lot at the corner of Culbertson and E. 5th?

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Gone, but at a ridiculously inflated price. The 502 Culbertson property facing Fairview Cemetery was purchased in 2017 for $350,000, tw...
Friday, April 12, 2019

Demolition Man: Either Gahan lied about the NAHA "memorandum of understanding" from 2017, or he lied to Mark Elrod Tower residents in 2019. Which is it?

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On April 2, 2019 a discombobulated chihuahua on Zoloft -- also known as Mayor Jeff Gahan -- informed a group of public housing residents ...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

"Domicology" is a new way to fight blight before buildings are even constructed.

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I'm sure this number will jump out at you, too: "The U.S. reached a record high of 7.4 million abandoned homes in 2012." Hom...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Jeff Gahan handed Denton Floyd $750,000 to kick-start the Reisz project. Where are the documents detailing this transaction?

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At last Thursday’s city council meeting, municipal corporate attorney Shane Gibson finally stated publicly what we’d assumed all along ab...
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Jackals at the campaign finance feeding trough: New Albany Housing Authority receives property needs assessment -- and in pour the donations to Gahan4Life.

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Wait -- did I hear the prolific firm called HWC Engineering mentioned in the context of the ongoing demolition follies? Following Gahan...
Friday, October 27, 2017

UPDATE: 90 days later, Deaf Gahan's "blight and eyesore" has been superseded by "eyesore and blight" -- and DNA jauntily approves.

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(October above; August below) Boy, what a difference three months makes. Now two-way traffic on Market affords motorists an ...
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Statue removal? Yes, the Civil War was about slavery -- and I'm just fine with tracing it all the way back to the Founders. Now, let's all go read a book.

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But what of Thrasher's fork? Our lead photo is from The Baffler's elegant summary:  Weekly Bafflements: What a dogshit week. ...
Sunday, August 06, 2017

Thanks, Gahan: Deaf called it "a blight and eyesore for the area," so he acted swiftly ... to create another one in its place.

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Curiously, NAC's forensics department verifies that Team Gahan only recently has been on the site it has helped keep derelict....
Monday, April 10, 2017

Son of a Duggins-geddon It: Tommy Lancaster Restaurant dies so that Gahan campaign monetization might live.

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Half a block has been cleared without input from an elected official apart from the mayor himself. Coming next to this corner? ...