Tags: featured, Ice Factory, Ice House, ice plant, River Arts District

Photos: Goodbye, Ice Factory

Jason Sandford November 17, 2012

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

Photo by zen Sutherland

The blighted property at 91 Riverside Dr., site of a recent homicide, has been purchased by the city and will likely soon be torn down.

Earlier this week, the West End/Clingman Avenue neighborhood association wrote Asheville City Council, asking for attention to the abandoned property. From the letter:

This particular building is a public safety hazard, has recently been host to numerous violent incidents, is a significant drain on public resources, and represents blight on the many, many years of hard and committed work that neighbors, business owners, and the City of Asheville have invested into making this area a safe and special place.

An Ice Plant/Ice Factory/Ice House building photoset from Asheville photographer zen Sutherland:

Tags::

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

Recount hands Board of Commissioners majority to Democrats

2012 Asheville Holiday Parade in photos and Tweets

Stu Helm’s 2021 Asheville Food Fan Awards Prt 4: People & Places

Stu Helm January 29, 2022

Stu Helm’s 2021 Asheville Food Fan Awards Prt 2: MMMEEEAAATTT!!!

Stu Helm January 14, 2022

Stu Helm’s 2021 Asheville Food Fan Awards Prt 1: Eating All Day

Stu Helm January 7, 2022

STU HELM’S FOOD FEED: Gyros, Country Fried Burgers, Fried Chicken Sandos, Mocktails & Wings

Stu Helm November 5, 2021

6 Comments

Pingback: Neighborhood groups respond to City of Asheville purchase of blighted Ice Factory building
Former RAD artist November 19, 2012

There are affordable studio spaces being developed in the district with more on the way. I’m all about green building but honestly this space seems to break all codes & is so dilapidated and contaminated it needs to be torn down – make room for other opportunities. It wouldn’t economically make any sense for the city to retrofit the building and turn it into studio spaces.
Tearing it down though and making room for new development is what will most likely happen. I agree that a good compromise for historical recognition of the past is to leave the smokestack if feasible. So much of the district’s historic iconography was lost in the fire that it would be a shame to tear this and the livestock building down as the same time and leave nothing that remarks on this history of the space and place.

Reply
Scooter November 18, 2012

Tear down that old eyesore and build some nice condos!

Reply
Darrell November 18, 2012

Don’t demolish, remodel, there are plenty of artists that would love to be in this area that can not because no space left. People are murdered at all locations, do you want to demolish those locations? Be smart, with the cost of demolition, the city could remodel and make money on rent .

Reply
Jeff Rascon November 17, 2012

PLEASE leave the smokestack intact! This should be given the utmost consideration as the River Arts develops. Let’s not forget the District’s roots and the impact of these historic sightlines!

Reply
L November 17, 2012

Hey City council! Take the building. Leave the Smokestack! That’s fantastic brick work and “historical fabric”.

Reply