This drab building features the second worst kind of siding available (corrugated aluminum, the worst would have to be vinyl). With no elevator access and a layout that doesn’t allow for an open plan, this building has little value.

This uninteresting box has a parking lot beside it that could be used for something much better. As it abuts the parking garage, integrated parking would be a possibility.

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This large eyesore is mostly used for indoor parking. Sure, the bus terminal is functioning, but it’s an awful bus terminal. There’s no canopy to shelter you from the rain, no proper baggage handling system, bags are just left on the parking lot for anybody to pick up. Inside, the waiting area is spartan with uncomfortable plastic seating. The front of the building has been recently renovated and looks fairly nice, yet there are still remnants of when it was a gas station.

This building (and surrounding surface parking lots) easily take up over half a city block. This lot is larger than the Centennial Building’s lot so we can imagine something larger than the Centennial Building going in here.

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I’ll admit that having a hardware store downtown is really nice, but do we really need a lumber yard? The land must be worth much more than their lumber business. Lumber yards don’t really need to be convenient to anything so they could probably move out of that site and still get the same amount of business.

Hmmm, just noticed that the Irving is also taking up a lot of space………

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