On The Waterfront — House Scraping

I was nearing the end of my regular noon walk when I noticed demolition activity happening along Park Drive, just north of Memorial Field and the entrance to Coeur d’Alene Skate Park. Curious, I changed my route a bit and discovered that heavy equipment had reduced another Lake City Development Corp. rental house to rubble. That means the fourth of 8 (mebbe 9) LCDC properties along the stretch leading north to River Avenue have been scraped for the future Four Corners project. … On the West Lakeshore Drive part of the walk, I noticed a Fred’s Appliance truck in front of those four condos under construction at the Military Drive intersection. That should mean that the properties that stirred a controversy some months ago are getting ready for occupancy. On the Hagadone Hospitality front, a barge and a couple of workers are fixing some weather damage to the boardwalk, about midway around. I wasn’t able to do a complete lap of the boardwalk as a result. … I counted 177 individuals using McEuen Park at noon, including about 100 parents and children in or around the playground and splash pad. Maybe 300-plus were swimming and sunbathing at City Beach. But only a half dozen kids were in Fort Sherman Park. Viewtiful day for a walk.