About Town
Photos from around Columbia over the past week...
The Grinch is at it again.
This time he's playing Cupid at Tacos to Go.
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Someone left a motorcycle trophy outside.
Someone left a Flyers trashcan outside.
(Is someone making a statement?)
Flagpoles at the bridge plaza.
There might be a presentation with flags flying on May 26 of this year.
This is what happens when you leave a stump unattended for too long - It grows a hubcap.
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Interior of the Market House
Workers were seen removing stands last Thursday.
Columbia Borough is receiving bids until March 7, 2018 for the leasing of the building.
The legal notice is HERE.
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One of several unofficial NO PARKING signs near South 6th & Locust last week.
Hey, who snapped this tree on North 3rd (near Hinkle's)?
Maybe one of the "covert" cameras saw the perpetrator.
Deflating
(We all have days like this.)
117 & 119 North 5th:
Renovated and ready to rent.
Snowman on the 500 block of Chestnut
And an accomplice
Although this one on South 4th will probably last longer.
Leaving town
Steel plates? We got 'em!
Renovating at Hinkle's
City Gate's events calendar
Free coffee, donut, and tour
Well....
Happy Birthday!
Way up high at St. Peter's Apartments
Yep, way up high
Fallen bricks on the 300 block of South 4th
Some sort of towers on their sides on the first block of Barber
Glass, lots o' glass
(301 Locust)
More work behind the Rising Sun/Prudhomme's building
Here's a longer view.
Up the ladder
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Guys removing slate shingles at the library
Hard at work
View from the front
Stacking them on the skid
The big picture
Heavy load, higher and higher
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What's happening here?
Looks like Art Printing at the bottom of Locust got their windows painted.
Lookin' good!
Here's their hanging sign.
No worries - the original is now inside the shop.
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Civil War bridge pier near the Veterans Memorial Bridge
Meanwhile, over at Columbia Crossing, the seagulls are re-enacting a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
Jet ski storage along Heritage Drive
This past Saturday, the river starting creeping up again.
Fortunately, this sentinel kept watch.
On Sunday, it crept further.
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Out at 1019 Lancaster Avenue, this humble house has seen its last days. Demolition has begun.
Here's the back roof in the back yard.
Most of the debris went directly into the purple dumpster.
Here's what it looked like from the other side of the street.
And closer up
Tearing it down
Going, going, gone!
Another one bites the dust, or in this case - the mud!
Comments
meeting. Too many secret things going on in this town. People who pay taxes should be more informed.
It looks like a warehouse and would cost the Leaser a fortune to rebuild the interior, the insurance is ridiculous and heating would be atrocious. Then we get the Summer heat that can absorb capital for air conditioning.
I am really sad that the last non profit did not work hard enough to make it a public gathering place. They should just sell it due to the fact that you are under the scrutiny of the Columbia government. I read over the lease which is long winded and makes you very uneasy with the requirements. The Market House should be in control of a real estate firm to manage.
Just one last thing is a long goodbye to great memories with my family and friends for over 50 years. Taking a dungeon tour in the 1st grade, getting Utz chips off that metal tray, stands like Gibble's Poultry, Funk's, Jill's, Rap's, Pot Belly Soups, Keagy's Produce, and a host of other great vendors. We will not forget!
Also, it was shocking seeing the market house gutted!!!