Historical September 1994 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles in which questions of concern to readers will he put to our community’s leaders. Readers are encouraged to submit questions for dtisfeature. Alderman McGuire, what is the status of the property at 454 N. Skinker, the old Bomeide station?
The station has been closed for several years now.
The Board of Aldermen recently passed an ordinance blighting the property, and appropriated the money for ,the city to purchase the property. Mid-West Petroleum owns the station, and we arc negotiating with them to purchase the property. How long have the negotiations been going on? • We’ve been talking with the owners for about two months now.
We still have to make sure there are no environmental problems with the property, but I think we are fairly close to finishing our negotiations. What are the plans for the property after it has been purchased?
The goal is to raze the building and put in a small public parking lot.
The lot could be used by a number of different groups; the nearby churches, the office buildings; and of course the residents of the area as well. Are there any plans for the property at 400 N. Skinker, the Sinclair station? That property has been vacant for about a year now.
The Board of Aldermen passed an ordinance blighting the property earlier this year. Right now, however, no further steps have been taken, because Sinclair Oil Company has shown no real interest in selling the property. Ideally:though, I’d like to see us put in another public parking lot, similar to what we have planned for the old Bonafide station.
But until Sinclair is ready to sell there’s really not much that can be done. Thank You, Alderman McGuire.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1994.
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