Press release here. This project has been in the works for a long, long time. Get out and support it:
About the Glen Rock Depot
A neighborhood development project of Mountain Housing Opportunities where the Arts meet Technology & the Environment
The Glen Rock Depot is a mixed use, community development project in Asheville’s River Arts District and South French Broad and Livingston neighborhoods. There are currently two buildings on the Glen Rock Depot site: the “Corner Market,” now the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas, and the historic Glen Rock Hotel, which will be renovated as part of the project to include affordable commercial and retail space, as well as flexible office space with the option of shared office supply and meeting rooms. A new 90,000 sf LEED certified mixed-use building will include commercial and retail space as well as affordable apartments.
Open House, 2-5 p.m. at the historic Glen Rock Hotel in the River Arts District, 403 Depot Street, Asheville, NC 28806, in the River Arts District
-Tours on the hour of the historic Glen Rock Hotel
-Architectural renderings and models of the space on display
-Display of Southside Urban Renewal photos in the Glen Rock Hotel lobby
-Glen Rock Hotel anchor tenant, The Magnetic Field, a new cafe and theatre, will be on-site http://www.themagneticfield.com
-Kid and adult-friendly hands-on activity, hosted by ReCreate, using scrap materials to build a collective vision around the Glen Rock Depot
Groundbreaking Ceremony, 4 p.m.
At the Fine Arts League of The Carolinas http://www.fineartsleague.org/
362 Depot Street, Asheville, NC 28806
Mayor Bellamy will speak, along with others from the community.
Directions:
From The Grey Eagle http://www.thegreyeagle.com/ on Clingman Ave., heading away from downtown, continue to the five-way stop at the Clingman Cafe http://www.clingmancafe.com/, make a soft left and pass the orange building (The Soapy Dog http://www.thesoapydog.com) on your left. You will then be on Depot St. Pass Bartlett St. and the Fine Arts League will be on your left. The Glen Rock Hotel is just a block further down the street on the left. You can walk from Clingman Cafe in about 5 minutes.
If you are driving, please park in the gravel lot across from the Glen Rock Hotel. The first floor of the Glen Rock Hotel is wheel chair accessible.
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for several decades, this was a reputed house of … well… ill repute. 😉
It was definitely a “house of ill-repute,” I can testify. Back in 1970, after you checked in, the girls would ask you . . . never mind.