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Long a problem child on Lincolns map, a grain elevator at Sixth & G streets just south of downtown is up for sale, and there are high hopes for its

Union Bank & Trust CEO to step down; Windstream says 911 service disruptions were caused by cut irrigation line; Grain elevator near downtown Lincoln up for sale.

Lincoln elevators deteriorate as neighborhood grows PETER SALTER, Lincoln Journal Star July 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — He’s had trouble at the top of the grain elevator before. Last month, it was fresh graffiti -- more than 80 feet up, numbers and letters spray-painted so tall, broad and bright they could be seen from several blocks away. But more than 40 years ago, when James Woolsoncroft bought the elevator on the edge of the Haymarket, it was the roof itself. The...

He’s had trouble at the top of the grain elevator before. Last month, it was fresh graffiti -- more than 80 feet up, numbers and letters spray-painted so tall, broad and bright they could be seen from several blocks away. But more than 40 years ago, when James Woolsoncroft bought the elevator on the edge of the Haymarket, it was the roof itself. The previous owner had let it fail, and rainwater had seeped into the silos, ruining the corn. Woolsoncroft knew the property needed work. But he ...