Jackson Ave. residents, businesses can return after McClung fire; city donates 500 bricks to Knox Heritage
By Tony Hernandez, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn. | |
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City officials announced she and businesses across the street from the remnants of the McClung warehouses, which burned
Officials also announced 500 bricks from one of the buildings that had kept by the city will be donated to
Oesterling said it's a bit weird not seeing the McClung structures in front of her home. She is the only resident who lives in a building across the street, and the fire disrupted her home business, she said.
She came home to unusable food she had cooked and was planning to sell at the Healthy Living Expo the day of the fire, she said.
With clients and customers normally coming to her home, Oesterling has had to pay rent for temporary gymnasium services while at the same time paying for her rent at her residence in the 500 block of
The city purchased the property last year for
"A lot of people have asked me if the city has helped me," Oesterling said. "They haven't so far, and I'm hoping they will."
Still, she doesn't know how the city can help, but she knows landlord
At that time, the buildings and property were privately owned. Sanders, who runs his architecture business next to Oesterling, could not be reached for comment Friday.
Bricks for sale
"It's a way for people to have that memento, and at the same time, support preservation efforts so that we could keep this from happening again," Trent said.
The campaign to sell the bricks will be similar to one
Proceeds of the brick sales will go to
Trent said interested buyers can call
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