If you noticed yellow tape around the northeast corner of Park & Seventh Thursday, it was due to precautions taken by police officers on walking patrol who noticed debris that may have fallen from the Masonic building.
Public Safety Director Carl Riley answered Plaintalker's inquiry Friday, saying the officers continued to monitor the location between 6 and 10 p.m. and did not discover any additional debris. He said the building manager was notified to follow up.
Besides the Masonic Lodge, the building also contains offices on upper floors and several stores at ground level. The four-story building with its distinctive shell motif at the roof line might be considered the anchor of the Park & Seventh business district.
Having seen a drastic outcome from falling debris at another location in Plainfield, Plaintalker commends the police officers who investigated this incident.
Readers may recall the March 2010 demolition of a North Avenue building after partial collapse of a parapet. Given the high winds Thursday, it may have just been some loose debris from the Masonic building roof that blew down.
--Bernice
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I hope it's something minor... it's a diamond in the rough waiting to shine. That building needs a little TLC.
ReplyDeleteAre you talking about the same corner? The one on the southwest corner has been sold and is being gutted for renovation.
DeleteNo.. the north east corner...
DeleteThe city needs to get after the owners to do something with that building. We cannot have eyesores like that in the city because landlords are too cheap and lazy to do anything about it. Not to mention, the landlords obviously have no respect for Plainfield or its citizens.
ReplyDeleteTo the landlords - can't fix it - sell it!!!
See above - not sure it is the same building. The Masonic building is occupied and is generally kept up.
DeleteLast year they rebuilt the rear wall brickwork.
ReplyDeleteWhy are we wasting Police Manpower on the 600 block of Park ave when we can use them in other parts of the city.
ReplyDeleteLets keep the inspectors away from this building, or they will have Ovettors out next week tearing it down like they did with the theater on North Ave. Since it was in "such danger", they had to beat the crap out of it to get it down. Could have easily been repaired and preserved.
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