Ken Plaski News Today

RACINE — Old buildings can be charming when maintained or rehabilitated; when neglected, they become hazardous. The City of Racine in recent years hasn’t been shy about tearing down such buildings. From 2016 to 2020, the city had 47 houses, three commercial buildings, one industrial building and one 4-unit building demolished due to their dilapidated states. On May 4, the City Council voted in favor of razing the building at 1124 Villa St., a brick structure built probably before 1900...

The contract that authorized Azarian Wrecking to demolish the old building on behalf of the City of Racine went into effect on Tuesday. On Thursday afternoon, the building was still

The Park theaters sign, untouched for more than a decade, now reads "SAVE ME," visible to drivers on Washington Avenue. ADAM ROGAN, RACINE — The City Council voted Tuesday to fund the raze order that will demolish the 1928 historic landmark theater that has been the subject of dispute between the city and locals who want to preserve the building. The Park has been under a raze order for more than two years. An effort by Alderman Mollie Jones to delay the raze order by three mon...

RACINE — Azarian Wrecking will retain the contract to demolish The Park-Capitol Theater, 3017 Washington Ave. The Public Works and Services Committee recommended on Jan. 12 to award the contract to the second-lowest bidder, Veit & Co., rather than the lowest bidder, Racine-based Azarian Wrecking, which had bid $199,777 for the project. Concerns were raised about Azarian Wrecking after a company representative put padlocks on the doors to The Park, thus locking out the building’s owner...