View Full Version : Corner of Harrison Ave. and NE 5th St.



traxx
03-07-2014, 02:52 PM
What is this building? https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=35.472681,-97.510706&spn=0.000012,0.006609&t=h&layer=c&cbll=35.472675,-97.510707&panoid=_fviX33tv1-kVvpV-sNGZA&cbp=12,282.08,,0,-10.12&z=18

traxx
03-07-2014, 02:59 PM
I'm sorry if this has been posted elsewhere in the past, but since I don't know what it is, I don't know what to search to see if it's been talked about before.

I've driven by this building for years and have always thought it was a neat little building with potential. Who own's it? Do you know if there are any plans for it? What's the history of it?

TIA

hoya
03-07-2014, 03:04 PM
It's Rand Elliott's office.

AP
03-07-2014, 03:05 PM
I don't know anything about the building but the street view of that intersection looks like the least inviting place to walk. I can't imagine myself going from this building and crossing four roads to get to the Flatiron building.

traxx
03-07-2014, 03:18 PM
It's Rand Elliott's office.

Does it still look like that street view or is there signage on it now?

Urbanized
03-07-2014, 03:28 PM
Is this the building you're talking about?

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/f70e2de6-08f9-4a93-8510-d69b7aefe69e.JPG

If so, hoyasooner is correct that it is Rand Elliott's office. And if so, the building has realized its potential and then some. It was a grocery store/butcher shop dating back to the turn of the 20th century. At one point it was abandoned and gutted by fire. In the early nineties Rand bought it, did a loving historic preservation on the outside, and created a supercool modern interior before moving his offices there, becoming an early urban pioneer as far as our recent downtown revitalization is concerned. You should really stop by for a visit if the building interests you.

traxx
03-07-2014, 03:33 PM
Is this the building you're talking about?

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/f70e2de6-08f9-4a93-8510-d69b7aefe69e.JPG

If so, hoyasooner is correct that it is Rand Elliott's office. And if so, the building has realized its potential and then some. It was a grocery store/butcher shop dating back to the turn of the 20th century. At one point it was abandoned and gutted by fire. In the early nineties Rand bought it, did a loving historic preservation on the outside, and created a supercool modern interior before moving his offices there, becoming an early urban pioneer as far as our recent downtown revitalization is concerned. You should really stop by for a visit if the building interests you.

Yes, that's the one. It's a neat looking building. I'm glad someone has taken care of it and is using it. I can totally see it being a grocery/butcher shop at one time. I actually thought it looked like it could've been an apothecary at one time. Not a drug store, an apothecary.