Construction crews are busy converting the 700 block of Main Street to two-way traffic. The project represents the first phase of a multi-year effort to return traffic to downtown’s pedestrian mall. The work stretches from Goodell to Tupper Street. Construction, started in late-August, will be be finished in the spring at a cost of $2.4 million.
The critical 700 block between West Tupper and Goodell streets connects the Theater District to Allentown and the nearby Medical Campus. The revamped block will include a center median and a bike lane. Diagonal parking is being eliminated.
Ansonia Centre is looking lonely on the west side of the block.
On the same block, Avalon Development is wrapping up renovations to a single-story building at 723 Main (above, rendering below). 4000 sq.ft. of the 5500 sq.ft. building will be occupied by Avalon Copy Centers. Based in Syracuse, the company specializes in business document services, legal copy services, large format copies, document imaging, electronic discovery and appellate publishing.