Jennifer Savin comment-979 2008-11-20T05:42:46Z 2008-11-20T05:42:46Z I'm not sure about the noise level, but I do know some areas are closed off when the construction is going on (like the pond area- can't get close right now due to construction fences) Jennifer Savin 2008-11-20T05:42:46Z 6DegreesofSac comment-968 2008-11-18T16:44:21Z 2008-11-18T16:44:21Z I am making a concerted effort to donate more money and useful items this year. I've been asking everyone in my office to bring in all their little travel shampoos and soaps for Wellspring. I've dropped off bags of food and household goods at River City Community Services. And Peter Keat (of Time Tested) turned me on to the SPCA Thrift Store in midtown, where I donate extra books and knicknack items. It's easy to do, and all of the charitable organizations around our region are being stretched thin. As the cold-weather season approaches, there will be even more need. 6DegreesofSac 2008-11-18T16:44:21Z Steve Vicente comment-586 2008-10-29T19:37:43Z 2008-10-29T19:37:43Z William - I'm really impressed with your knowledge of the area. BTW - I have a copy of your Southside Park book.. good stuff! Yes, it'll be too bad if the lot becomes weed infested. I will surely continue to submit code violation complaints if that happens (whether she pays the fines or not... the fines will just increase) as well as the weed abatement program through the fire department (if they still run that). Regarding 1901 6th - I'm no expert on historical preservation, so here's a picture of the two houses. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/2971798417_ef9e25b981.jpg?v=0 Steve Vicente 2008-10-29T19:37:43Z William Burg comment-581 2008-10-28T20:26:16Z 2008-10-28T20:26:16Z Jennifer: Once the owner dies (she is around 90 now) the liens will have to be paid before the lot can be transferred. Since the fines are probably more than the property is worth (as a vacant lot,) the lot will most likely become city property anyhow. Since the city doesn't really have any sort of mechanism to deal with that sort of thing, it will probably just sit around until someone figures out how to sell it off. How much longer it sits around after that depends on the economics of building single-family homes in the central city at that time. William Burg 2008-10-28T20:26:16Z Geoff Samek comment-571 2008-10-28T07:13:26Z 2008-10-28T07:13:26Z Good point Brandon! It's something we at the Sacramento Press have noticed as well. For more discussion on potential features and improvements to the site you should check out our feedback storyline: http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/340/What_is_wrong_with_The_Sacramento_Press Also if you are curious about updates and changes that we make to the site, our lead website developer Joel Rosenberg has a storyline called, "Sacramento Press Development," which starts off with explaining our first small update to the site this last weekend: http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/540/An_introduction_and_a_minor_update Geoff Samek 2008-10-28T07:13:26Z Geoff Samek comment-570 2008-10-28T07:05:40Z 2008-10-28T07:05:40Z Great update on this story first off! Secondly though I wondered about another aspect of this story. As good as the improvements seem like they will be, what are the pitfalls of the construction process? Is it really noisy when the construction is going on? Are all the facilities closed when they are under construction? Geoff Samek 2008-10-28T07:05:40Z Jennifer Savin comment-534 2008-10-28T06:25:06Z 2008-10-28T06:25:06Z This was from Sean Clancy....not trying to take credit that isn't mine...I just posted it for him. Jennifer Savin 2008-10-28T06:25:06Z Jennifer Savin comment-533 2008-10-28T06:24:00Z 2008-10-28T06:24:00Z There's an article here: http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/212/Playing_in_the_dark about the need for lights at the B-Ball court. Jennifer Savin 2008-10-28T06:24:00Z Jennifer Savin comment-532 2008-10-28T06:14:49Z 2008-10-28T06:14:49Z OK- this was Paul's response to Sean's article, but for some reason my note that i was re-posting this didn't make it at the beginning. Jennifer Savin 2008-10-28T06:14:49Z Jennifer Savin comment-525 2008-10-28T05:41:03Z 2008-10-28T05:41:03Z Thanks for the reassurance Emma- it's good to know that everyone was out of harms way while watching it all come down. Jennifer Savin 2008-10-28T05:41:03Z Jennifer Savin comment-524 2008-10-28T05:35:35Z 2008-10-28T05:35:35Z Emma wrote an article on this, too. Check it out. http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/422/History_versus_hazard Jennifer Savin 2008-10-28T05:35:35Z Jennifer Savin comment-523 2008-10-28T05:30:03Z 2008-10-28T05:30:03Z What a sad occurrence- an historic home destroyed for nothing. A parking lot??? I wonder if the city will ever collect on their 100k plus fines? Jennifer Savin 2008-10-28T05:30:03Z Brandon Darnell comment-569 2008-10-28T05:24:35Z 2008-10-28T05:24:35Z Another article I like the photo slide show on. This is more to the tech people than the writer, but I think it would be nice if there was a way to skip through pictures, or go back. It doesn't matter on a slide show with two photos, but if there were 10 of them or something, it would be nice to be able to navigate. Even a tiny thumbnail off to one side of each photo would be good. Brandon Darnell 2008-10-28T05:24:35Z William Burg comment-562 2008-10-27T20:27:54Z 2008-10-27T20:27:54Z Jennifer, the owner of the property doesn't plan on replacing the building, she wants to put a parking lot there. She can't, as commercial parking lots are not permitted on residential land. The building was allowed to deteriorate for 30 years and was finally destroyed for nothing. 506 S Street will be a vacant, weed-filled lot, at the very least until the owner dies. Then perhaps whoever inherits it might build something there, eventually. William Burg 2008-10-27T20:27:54Z Emma Staniels comment-396 2008-10-25T20:00:08Z 2008-10-25T20:00:08Z I was present for most of the demolition, and the team was actually very careful. Before they started, they did indeed turn off all electrical, gas and water lines. Emma Staniels 2008-10-25T20:00:08Z Paul Trudeau comment-407 2008-10-25T11:38:01Z 2008-10-25T11:38:01Z Structural stability is not the only criterion the City uses to judge whether to allow demolition of an historic building. In the case of 1901 6th, the Preservation Commission voted last year 3 to 3 for/against saving the building. In this case, a tie meant they did not recommend saving it, and that was Preservation Director Bill Crouch's final decision. The argument against saving it was that the buliding had been remodeled a number of times with so little consideration of historic design (ie, what some call "remuddling") that it's historic integrity has already been lost, so there's not enough there to save. As shown by the commission vote, as well as by comments submitted by different neighbors at the time, opinions on that were split. I don't know if the issue of saving 1901 6th can be revisited with the City or not. I think it's totally up to the owner now. We haven't seen any movement toward his plan of replacing it, but that might change if/when the economy picks up, I don't know. Paul Trudeau 2008-10-25T11:38:01Z Steve Vicente comment-405 2008-10-25T07:12:16Z 2008-10-25T07:12:16Z Thanks for posting that jen! I've been so busy, I'm just catching up on some content here & the site looks great! I think I posted a similar comment to the one above in the other story by Emma. Steve Vicente 2008-10-25T07:12:16Z