“We’ve started a process with our neighbors to consider upgrades to the user experience that has been there for 30 years, but we want to enhance that going forward.” It’s called Grove Plaza 2.0, and anyone who has gone anywhere near the Grove Plaza recently can attest to the reboot–the massive City Center Plaza project […]
Read MoreLike its predecessors, thegroup wants a better baseball stadium, and it is sniffing around Boise for locations and partners. By SVEN BERG AND DAVE SOUTHORN sberg@idahostatesman.com dsouthorn@idahostatesman.comSeptember 24, 2014 The west side of Boise’s Downtown is one of the places Agon Sports and Entertainment is thinking about building a new stadium for the Boise Hawks, […]
Read MoreWith a new condo project, agency aims to avoid a repeat of ‘Boise Hole’ mess, where it found itself with no leverage. The lessons of the Boise Tower experience are written into Capital City Development Corporation’s proposed agreement for a condominium project near the Boise Library. The urban renewal agency’s board of commissioners hasn’t finalized […]
Read MoreBOISE — A traffic monitor on 8th Street said he saw one driver Tuesday going the wrong way on Idaho Street who tried to turn the wrong way on 8th Street. That was the worst example he saw on the first day that Capital City Development Corporation, Boise’s urban renewal agency, opened 8th Street between […]
Read MoreBOISE — Drivers in downtown Boise will notice a big change of direction on 8th Street. The direction of one-way traffic between Bannock and Main streets now flows northbound. That section of 8th Street opened Tuesday morning. The Capital City Development Corporation says the change will improve overall downtown traffic flow.
Read MoreTwo blocks of 8th Street at the heart of downtown Boise are barricaded off until Tuesday morning while crews flip the direction of the one-way street. Street signs came down and then workers turned the signs around to face the other direction Sunday. Stop lights had a similar fate as 8th Street is converted from […]
Read MoreIn 1986, thousands of personalized, engraved bricks were sold to help fund the Grove Plaza’s construction. A year later, the original bricks were replaced with sturdier models and they’ve been a much walked on feature of the plaza ever since. “Bricks were put down because it’s the most flexible tool we have for the development […]
Read MoreOne-way traffic will reverse direction on two blocks of 8th Street over Sunday and Monday, Aug. 24 and 25. On Aug. 23, after the Capital City Farmers Market has closed, vehicle traffic will move southward on 8th between Bannock and Main streets as it has for at least 13 years. The street will be shut […]
Read MoreStarting in early September, traffic will no longer flow north to south on the two blocks, but reverse directions to run one-way from south to north. This fall will bring some big changes to Boise’s downtown core, with construction on the Grove to build City Center Plaza–which will include a subterranean transit center–and the resurfacing […]
Read MoreA lot of dirt has been turned in Boise during the past few years–from the Eighth and Main Tower to Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, cranes have become a familiar addition to the city’s swiftly shifting skyline. That’s not about to change anytime soon. Drive around Boise and the physical signs of new construction are evident; […]
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