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AS IT IS – After the building had to be demolished in 2008, this is what’s left, preserving a “footprint” over the water in case the town ever decides to develop it. – Photo by Don Coyote
A disintegrating over-water deck on the one-way section of La Conner’s North First Street has been a topic of debate in town recently.
The so-called “Kirsch property” was the site of an old warehouse purchased by the town for $350,000 in July 2001.
For nearly 14 years, the property has been waiting to become a park. Now the La Conner Parks Commission has asked the town to look into selling the property, which has an assessed value of $240,000, according to the Skagit County Assessor’s office.
Money from selling the property, which consists of a strip of land about 6 feet wide and the old deck...
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