Dec. 12, 2008
Jeff Pickles purchased a building on St. Paul Street last May with the hopes Brock University's proposed fine arts school will turn ailing downtown St. Catharines around.
The 22-year-old dreams of serving his chili dogs and fries to large crowds at his Philly Avenue restaurant -- a venture he hopes to franchise one day.
But the future downtown turnaround might mean Pickles gets turfed.
His property is among several prime private lands central to the plan to build the Niagara Centre for the Arts and three more theatres on St. Paul Street, at the corner of Carlisle Street.
City council approved the $101-million project in principle on Monday night...
Please see full article by M.Beech in the St. Catharines Standard at:
http://www.scstandard.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1341156