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Monday, April 6. 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Gareth Waltrip/KANSAN
Bonita Yoder stands in front of her house at 608 Kentucky St. If a proposed downtown mall is approved, a six-story parking garage would be built where Yoder's house and three other houses now stand.
Homes may become garage
the downtown street system. Any other location . . . would impact negatively on traffic flow throughout the surrounding area."
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Although the design and height of the garage haven't been determined yet, developers have decided that the garage would have two entrances, one on Sixth Street and the other on Kentucky Street, which would be widened to three lanes.
But even if voters say to the mall, and the city declares eminent domain to force Yoder to sell the land, she said she was ready to go to court to save her house.
"Eminent domain is not intended to take private property for private use," she said. "The mall is not for public use. It's a for-profit venture for the developer."
"He may have more money than I do, but we're on equal footing on a legal basis.
"In all candidness, I would probably make money if they took my building. I've had people accuse me of moving here for the purpose of speculation.
"But that's not my purpose."
The city has estimated that it would cost $5.9 million to purchase the entire 690 block. But city officials wouldn't reveal estimates for each owner's land.
The other residents aren't as candid about the potential financial windfall the mall would bring to them. Nor have they been as politically active. But they do have strong feelings about their threatened neighborhood.
"It would be hard to leave. We like our house," said Ronn Johnson, who lives with his wife, Donna, on the block. "We're acting as if it isn't going to happen. We didn't think it had much chance."
And because Johnson doesn't think the plan will survive tomorrow's vote, he hadn't thought much about moving. Like his neighbors, he has continued to make long-term home improvements.
Harry Warren, who moved to the block three years ago with his wife, Viki, and daughter, Vanessa, said he and his wife had two cars on similar home improvements.
"It a mixed bag," Warren said.
"We've put a lot of money into it."
Although he feels an emotional attachment, Warren said he was resigned to the fact his house may be demolished. The parking garage plan, though, doesn't sit as well.
"If they have to take my house,
it will make my house. I believe in the downward
flow."
"I'm not thrilled with the prospect of finding an ugly parking structure on the corner of Sixth and Kentucky.
It would just stick out like a sore thumb," Warren said.
Jeff Menzenbruk, who lives with his wife, Mara, on the second floor of Yoder's house, said, "I think it would be good to have a home because if this neighborhood is changed."
The city should try to preserve downtown's unique atmosphere of trees, small specialty shops and old neighborhoods. Mara said.
The Mesenbrinks said they probably would leave the city if they were forced out of their house. They had come to Lawrence from Seattle last fall to take jobs in Topeka, and then the 30-mile commute they did ended because of small-town atmosphere and old neighborhoods.
"Obviously we had an option of living in Topeka, we were chose to live in Tepeka."
A fourth house on the block doesn't have a concerned resident. Owned by Maupintour, Inc., it has been rented out occasionally since the company bought it during a search for a new office building site downtown. The company kept the house even after deciding to build in the suburbs.
Ironically, though, the house once had been slated, had the company built downtown, for demolition to make room for an employee parking lot.
High school AIDS patient dies
United Press International
SMITH CENTER — A high school junior who contracted the AIDS virus from a blood transfusion during heart surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center died Friday.
A memorial service will be Tuesday for Cameron Beach, the Smith
Center student who died less than two months after learning he contracted the virus.
Mr. Beach had congenital heart problems and doctors said the AIDS-related complex put additional stress on his heart.
The 17-year-old youth made a rare trip to school Thursday but was admitted to the Smith County
Memorial Hospital later that night. He died at 12:35 p.m. Friday after suffering a heart attack, a hospital spokesman said.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Kensington junior-senior high school gymnasium. Burial will follow.
A KU student's 10-speed bicycle valued at $170 was taken sometime between March 27 and April 3 from the rear patio of a house in the 1400 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said.
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A window of a KU student's car parked in the 2400 block of West 25th Street was broken Saturday or Sunday, and a radar detector valued at $100 was taken from the car, Lawrence police said.
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Mary Loveland is a KU alumna who continues to demonstrate her commitment and dedication to KU students. When Mary served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors, she was the youngest member and thoughtfully represented the concerns of the recent KU graduates. Students can testify to her service on the Board of Directors of the Kansas and Burge Unions and her respect for the student viewpoint. She has generously offered her home and hospitality to student groups through events like the Martonboard fall dinners. She was also involved with planning the 60th anniversary celebration for Watkins Scholarship Hall.
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