A clear up crew picks up particles in entrance of the previous Broadway Theatre on Thursday as they start to examine the constructing earlier than it’s stabilized in Cape Girardeau.
Sarah Yenesel
The 800 block of Broadway, closed since March 31 when hearth broken the vacant Broadway Theatre constructing, may reopen “within the subsequent few days,” in keeping with Molly Mehner, Cape Girardeau’s deputy metropolis supervisor.
The fireplace triggered intensive injury to the roof and second ground of the 100-year-old theater close to the constructing’s north entrance dealing with Broadway.
On Thursday, constructing proprietor Phil Brinson obtained a proper of means allow to erect fencing on the sidewalk alongside Broadway in entrance of the previous theater to permit elimination of what Mehner described as “unsafe brick” from the construction’s north wall.
“We should guarantee the protection of pedestrians and autos at the start,” she stated. “Till we’re sure there isn’t any danger, Broadway will stay closed (however) we’re hopeful the property proprietor may have that work completed within the subsequent few days and we are able to open Broadway quickly.”
If the work doesn’t start “in a well timed method,” Mehner advised the Southeast Missourian the town “could take emergency measures to safe the constructing and get the road open.”
