What Should Go in the Armory?
What would you like to see in this space?
It's hard to miss: a building that resembles a castle, sitting at the corner of Seventh and Northampton streets.
It's called the Armory, and the city has wanted something done with it -- other than its apparent use as a storage space -- for many years.
Earlier this year, Easton put the Armory on its blighted property list.
The question to our readers: What would you like that restoration to look like? What does the neighborhood need? Let us know in the comments.
Blackdemon
7:45 am on Saturday, May 19, 2012
In that neighborhood they could use it as a Military Style Police Headquarters. I was just by there stopped at the light yesterday, and that is what I was thinking as I looked at it. Just reopen the gun ports. This was before I just read this question. It could be restored, and useful. I also so thought it would be cool to make into a house, if it was some place else.
MELODY ROGERS
9:11 am on Saturday, May 19, 2012
AN INDOOR SKATEPARK SO THE KIDS WOULD NOT HAVE TO CROSS 13TH ST INERSECTION AND THEN ALL THE KIDS WOULD BE HAPPY AND OFF THE STREETS AND EEP IT OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY DURING SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!
NW THIS IS A GREAT IDEA !!!!!!!!!
Adam Atkinson
10:07 am on Saturday, May 19, 2012
Id like to see it become an arts center focused un blighting the community. Youth classes, rotating resident artists. Easton is full of creative energy. I'd like to see it embraced and put to work in the West Ward.
Rita Chesterton
1:24 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
What about making it a theatre for showing Independent and Documentary Films? including films for kids, as well. Here in Lambertville, we turned the old ACME building into the "ACME Screening Room." It isn't just for films though, it's also used for Town Council Mtgs. See link: http://acmescreeningroom.org/movies-events/may-2012-films/
bob fimiano
3:39 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
Easton Police Substation.
Victoria Vicario
5:32 pm on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Indoor skate park sounds like an amazing idea.
Ian Andrew
9:45 am on Tuesday, July 10, 2012
What about artist housing with studio space?
stan68ar
10:14 am on Monday, July 16, 2012
I can think of a few -
It could be another Bar/resturant, an Art gallery, or my favorite would be to make it a Harley Davidson Dealership
jfsjr
8:05 pm on Thursday, September 6, 2012
immigration and naturalization sub station and holding cells, its tough to walk the 600 block and not get stared at or here omments and gawking in spanish. and ive lived here my whole life.