Redevelopment Meeting Today – 12/15/2008

There is a Redevelopment Meeting this afternoon, sometime after 4:00 pm.  I say sometime after, because there is an Executive Session of the Redevelopment...

BBC Container Project

One of my interests is railroading.  There's something about standing trackside as a heavy freight goes thundering by - the noise, the vibrations, the...

Courtyard by Marriott Permit Issued

An article in today's Journal Gazette reports that the Allen County Building Department issued a building permit December 5th  to White Lodging.  This means...

‘Nobelist: Blogs Might Have Stopped Hitler’

Interesting conjecture on the part of a Nobel laureate.  From CBSnews.com, via the AP: Nobelist: Blogs Might Have Stopped Hitler STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 8, 2008   The spread of...

Barry Real Estate Update At City Council

  Above is the playlist of the Jim Irwin and Chris Schoen, Barry Real Estate, presentation to the City Council.  Questions by various Council members...

City Council Meeting – 11/25/2008

There is a City Council meeting this evening at 5:30 pm at the City-County Building.  There are two items of importance on the agenda,...

Colorless Downtown

With the leaves off the trees, Fort Wayne is not very colorful these days.  In fact, here's a photo from the Lincoln Tower Observation...

Coliseum Budget Cut To Offset Stadium Demise

By Amanda Iacone in today's Journal Gazette: Closing Memorial Stadium after a new downtown baseball stadium opens in the spring will shrink Memorial Coliseum's...

Courtyard Permits and General Contractor

I have learned from the Allen County Building Department that, "the general contractor has been in to discuss the project and approvals have been...

Courtyard by Marriott Follow-up

In publishing my post last Thursday, November 13th, I erroneously reported that White Lodging would be joining Barry Real Estate at the Council table...