Cherry St. Chipotle

[waterboy]

Here's an old postcard of the former Lincoln School.  As I recall it took a lot of work and money and effort to save the building and repurpose it.  Thank goodness someone cared enough to do it.

Worth noting that it didn't require closing down. It was part of an eclectic neighborhood crossroads that included a restaurant, a grocery, a bakery, a bar and a church all within a half block of each other. It was such an appetizing parcel for commercial development that it just couldn't be left as a school. My kid played baseball where the parking lot now sits. The kids from Lincoln were stuffed into Lee where a building even older than Lincoln somehow accommodated them. Now the neighborhood is even more child dense and hankering for walkability for such businesses and a good neighborhood school.

The irony is that it is not a very good retail spot and has been the demise of many who have located there. It is fine for a a couple restaurants, bars and a coffee shop though. We will never learn.