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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHDC2005-019 Newspaper Articles 04/24/2005ARKAMAS ONLINE wwMardemg x w' Arkansas Democrat-Gaxetts/KMEN E. SEGRAVE A plan to turn the crumbling East Side Junior High. School auditorium in Little Rock into apartments is drawing opposition from neighbors. - Copyright © 2005, Arkansas Democrat -Gazette, Inc. s I HOAY, APRR. 4, 200- VNiol.1so renewal. classh Apartments planned for shuttered a.uditoriurn BY ANDREW DEMMLO ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT -GAZETTE The only light that spills into the East Side auditorium comes from broken windows and the occasional hole in the roof, re- vealing wooden seats warped beyond repair and a crumbling floor. Remnants of the stage's cur- tain hang in tatters, near the few remaining light fixtures in the mostly darkened theater. Pieces of plaster, brick and wood debris litter the floor. "This was a gem," Property Manager Mark Jernigan said as he walked over the rotting floor of what was once a gymnasium, in the now -shuttered building near downtown Little Rock. Developers and residents are ready to see the East Side Junior High School's auditorium build- ing reborn, three decades after its closure, but a battle is brew- ing over what form its rebirth should take. A nonprofit group's proposal to renovate the auditorium, at Cumberland Street and Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive; and turn it into 34 apartments is drawing opposition from several neigh- bors who say they'd rather see the auditorium preserved for community use. The Capitol Zoning District Commission has delayed voting until later this month on the pro- posal by The Arc Arkansas to turn the 92-year-old structure into an apartment building af- ter complaints arose over the See RENEWAL, Page 5B cn rD O r+ w 4 ".� �+ 'd "d C rt r 'd n cn n r+ p G '-+ p "d • Ort �: (D O O N rr CD w !-t .,. rC, r"D G• (D 0 � +•t �' � (D o o (D �' 'ot wrD "� �Grn �ort n� � ovao �rn(�(DbM, —-nOc) Ci (�D ° . ^ '�.� `Z+'.� w o (D `C n y n �' n p rr-}' fD ^ O n G v,"b r•, p' rn rL �' n ' p p� n io'.� (D• "'. �'"[S CD n tt rt r ti �' G C r ~ �t 'd r r (D (n �- -- Q" =:4 `b .7 '� nCD w o n D va' ° rt p a o " rn o " rD �' �L n (D CD `d w 0" ¢. w °. w� �. ❑ (D p 't1 ❑ o O '+'�'i h7 O C a Irs rn r' y m CD n C r_ p En b y n cD `En cn o y •° ."' x (D n p' � r+ n p a ° °❑ F . �.� rD H " CO m n (D o tn' e ... �' ° D (o (D (o O o tia(°O G� �. 0CDoaort o� ro �wox3 rD C o .� G (D O' �" cn o p, ^ w P. .�. O ,"rts' �' rr pi �' N p N p, ❑ O n_ by Y ra. �+ o❑ O n p n 0 t. ' d w n -0 O p b O�Im OC G .� .� .-• rt ;O C 'J rr (D n (D ❑ t rt "t (D (D w. rn n w 7� o ff n. n n r G "d Gr I G cD "d p ❑,r '°� (D vG a w+ �U w vG w w' n CA w ,0 rn � (n p o rn- 0 �5aaa. w <F or`"Dv�w�b w°�r�ii�' w(Din r-n ID w h7 �. G rn O p (D p p rrtr :N '� rDD rr O (D °+1 O rt C) O P O `C I O I RL W "d G I QQ cn vQ 0 (D (D n y cn M ('D <n rn I rn fD r" C n "d w w n C fR +/ �•• n r* O r""' G. O 1 �: rt rt �o wwo �rr'oG °w gum- off.,, wo(D n.w C7 0 'rDC� r' w(D P p ID n b rt^ p C "d (D (D o G (D o a w ^ w- p� �! C� 04 rn GG O• (D C G . lrl ry (D � � a G '� � — p' rn. F ` ` (D P "I G N r+ Pcr .11D. 0 (D (D `G ,.+ ' ; ,� n -�, O C �•'t ,7 w .-� C �, �' (D �-' G w rr ❑ ,G, ^ �L o C �.; "'� to C j' P. w C . a GC tin p' R� p CD n C n " .._ O r�r �. r n rn fCD N rr to rt b7 `ii' G M w5' o"dr..c ...a�P.Ora rtrn vo•O�° o.. � .ow�o(D rD �W- n QQ h ° — *' "" C C O rD .� . ' .� G rt C c. r,'• F2 ,'.3 1c w ". G G p (o o �' ° w Cam' rt P ..• w s7.- rn ,, (D n w w "v a � (IDD w"d w rn w �vq.CD R :w o n �' ° pro.`(DC r+ d dw (D , wrt nrDwC� (n 121 d p.rtn G o �Crn a.rtyy` n a ((D rn woo va ��W� .x�' ¢ac w O Q' (D ° (D �. r�r p� iJ rn �' fD P rr p O "' o o rr N O ', rt '•T. fl' .4 r • (p a.P-'o cn P• h 0 p (CD M v d n p,n �•o C� b G w� c/ r� p (nD p7.OU'rt°•�o�4! (D5' rL wlorLIn ao N(po on a-°Qy b x o ° r) n p p,.o .° v(D va rr" n w G o r' ?;, ti �. CD n w w o (D O(D rt a r°-h Ort ram, lD_. N nr " N CD r�r p . w N O ti It �, P. ".(Dj Ord 0 s•t ... O ,� rr ' " p•' !-t w '�� rr w '�'.'�. n � C O cn w '-.. n C rt G fD W � va G n'av �a(�o(�D "o .gyp �ro� �Crn rt�'o rn� ��`c�o.(cDw�' a :;a (nom ID I �y p C n "•*I Gt, n Pp��rwCD��nG•,� r • . "ramrNn' 'I*��Ct��oD " . pxGCrt'. 'noC�' Gem(wr�rtp�Dt .�OrP . '�Ow' '' '-I , p�OV" ,•.c(ir Grr rt : ov�rwCq rp (DrG11 C (n(sa4°.c��n . "wx�'I •''•�"NT'* ' P(7D �CG�rt! �rpM*' rwo'w @pnfOnorrn(Dr C(rfiD • p�aC'. . C���••,' ".5w'Tnya.i'rr . CD , oN ID rt rt W IVar y ycny o aaa:.n oon wUwF"d n � ° (D O(acn orp n G ir->rt -0n.NN(G dn (DC(D• (f`C o .. D .(D lal p, rDr' ❑ AI . p "r'OGErt�CwddQ�n' , rM(wnj•DDv n I° n[D Co'OO N n NrtcnO(D M Eli' (D O u) CN �G C rnana O Mn x �(op(D IE�--D D(D °uIn0rP•D°-(pvGv. ,` U' vGa o .W("D°< CD •v(D —poG 0 (D w aq- p Y (D Dd (D O(D-� ld " y Ov°r, (D (D �5 P, p C 0 cy 0 o In �Sd (0 ID a' • fDO aN '�Or w� rlN. ... r CD of 0 o C (Q 0 c O 8 m P. m N d n Q (O S C a O M m 0