Downtown’s Daylight Building Starts Refurbishing

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:45:36 +0000

Lunchtime pedestrians on their way to Pete’s popular coffee shop began noticing crews working on Union Avenue’s long-vacant Daylight Building a couple of weeks ago, cleaning the outside, tearing down interior additions inside. Not long after they got started, an impertinent pedestrian hollered across to the foreman, “Why don’t you just tear that nasty old thing down?”

Soon, for pedestrians who looked closely, it didn’t seem quite so nasty. Workers appeared to be installing bright copper window trim on the plain old Daylight. But it turns out they weren’t actually installing it. It had always been there, covered with bland yellow paint. More surprises were to come.

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Flory: JFG building gets perked up as developer turns site into apartments

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:32:17 +0000

There's a new look in the Old City. If you haven't driven by the former JFG Coffee building recently, a trip down Jackson Avenue may be in order. Dewhirst Properties is converting the old roasting facility, 200 W. Jackson Ave., into an apartment project called JFG Flats.

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Downtown’s Daylight Building Starts Refurbishing

Flory: JFG building gets perked up as developer turns site into apartments