Bond Ave Underpass

[arcturus]

Loading zone?  Didn't know they warehouse stuff in it lol.   A few spruce trees to block this eyesore would be in order or maybe turn it into a drone racing course.

How long has this been abandoned?

[EastownLeo]

12 minutes ago, arcturus said:

Loading zone?  Didn't know they warehouse stuff in it lol.   A few spruce trees to block this eyesore would be in order or maybe turn it into a drone racing course.

How long has this been abandoned?

Skate park, could work? covered rain or shine.  

Its been there forever and used for storage on and off.

[MJLO]

Is there any good reason that can't be turned into a well lit pedestrian through way?  It seems an awful waste to not provide another link N. Monroe to downtown. Especially since the GR Press is gone. 

[GR_Urbanist]

2 minutes ago, EastownLeo said:

Skate park, could work? covered rain or shine.  

Its been there forever and used for storage on and off.

New York has the High Line.

GR has the Low Hole?

[mpchicago]

I believe it was built as rail line access for the delivery of paper to the paper.  

[Raildude's dad]

There is (or was) a conveyor system in the floor of the dock. There would be one or 2 boxcars (capacity was 2) with paper rolls for the Press.  The fork lift would set the rolls on the conveyor and they would be delivered into the building via a tunnel under the parking lot. I was never inside the building where the rolls were stored to see how that worked. IIRC, they used about 2 cars a week. They would come in 12-13 car blocks so when the cars showed up they would get switched every night.  They only got 48 hours to unload a car so they would get demurage charges once they went over the 48 hours. I witnessed a heated discussion one day over a $25 demurage charge between  the ops guy and a RR rep.

[arcturus]

Reading the above I'm amazed at how many trees have been saved by electrons.

[GRDadof3]

The master plan for MSU's campus shows a pedestrian park under this, at some point.