In Memoriam: Ames Business/Restaurants

I believe the City funded the lot cleanup. Haul out of contaminated soil from its days long ago as a service station. The building itself looks like absolute ****.

With respect to Starbucks, was told today it was not insured by someone who would know. I think the fact that their posts say "we are waiting to meet with the City" more or less confirms it. The tear down is going to be the city's problem and then I'm guessing the school ends up with the land.
Actually the guy who bought the DQ building applied for grants that helped fund the removal.

That is a bummer to hear. I think you are likely right as I see that going to the school as well. I guess a parking lot will look better than that building does.

••• 2026 Official Chicago Cubs Thread •••

I’m a pretty big fan of Alex Cohen. Boog has the better baseball/announcer “voice” but Cohen actually shows some homerism that Boog lacks quite often for a team broadcast. And I’m a big Boog fan for basketball and when he does national stuff

Edit: oh and also it seems like the Cubs win more when Cohen’s on the call so I’m probably a little biased
Seriously after this series. Boog and JD need to go bye bye. We gotta keep this MoJo.

NBA: *** 2025-26 NBA Thread ***

That is an awful return for Boston. A terrible contract and some lousy firsts. They must have just wanted him out of the building.

I really thought Denver was going to make a run at Brown. Murray plus Cam Johnson’s expiring for Brown and another bench player for contact purposes. That would seem like a better deal than what Philly offered.

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