Shoop Public Parking Ramp (Racine, Wisconsin)
Coordinates: 42°43′52″N 87°47′03″W / 42.73122°N 87.78428°W
| Shoop Public Parking Ramp | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Public parking ramp |
| Location | 226 Main Street Racine, Wisconsin |
| Owner | City of Racine |
The Shoop Public Parking Ramp is a parking ramp located at 226 Main Street in downtown Racine, Wisconsin, between State Street, Main Street, 3rd Street, and Wisconsin Avenue.
History
In February 1983, the Downtown Racine Redevelopment Corporation announced that it was considering a plan to convert the Shoop Building into offices, and demolish nine commercial buildings on the same block to build a parking lot for the new office building.[1] Johnson Redevelopment Corporation, an arm of S.C. Johnson and Son, agreed to lead the project, as well as developing the Main Place office complex on the other side of Main Street.[2] In December 1983, Johnson Redevelopment purchased the Shoop Building and six of the neighboring buildings, at 216, 218, 220, 224, 228, and 230 Main Street, two of which were occupied by businesses at the time of the sale.[3]
In February 1985, Johnson Redevelopment sold the combined properties, totaling 14,300 square feet (1,330 m2) in area, to the city of Racine for $140,000. The city agreed to build a $1.6 million public parking ramp with 220 parking spaces on the site.[4] Construction on the parking ramp began on October 1, 1985.[5]
References
- ↑ Wilson, Margo. "Plan seeks to raze 9 buildings", Racine Journal Times, February 2, 1983, front page and page 2A.
- ↑ Bergstrom, Lori and Sean P. Devlin. "City OK's bonding: Work starts today on downtown office complexes; But is everybody happy?", Racine Journal Times, November 16, 1983, front page.
- ↑ Pfankuchen, David. "Johnson's tab Downtown so far: $780,000", Racine Journal Times, January 8, 1984, page 1C.
- ↑ Devlin, Sean P. "City buying land from Johnson Corp.", Racine Journal Times, February 21, 1985, page 3A.
- ↑ Roberts, Paul. "It's uplifting work", Racine Journal Times, October 2, 1985, front page.