Antigo’s Eyesores - SuperAmerica
Eyesores - the old SuperAmerica (SA)
This place should just be tore down. It is a terrible eyesore. Being right downtown makes it that much worse. I have been in Two Angels restaurant more than once hearing people complain about it. I’m sure by now the underground tanks would have to be updated before ever being used again. I don’t imagine this would be cheap. And if not being used as a gas station, the tanks would probably have to be pulled out of the ground as a safety measure. Before you know it, the taxpayers will be paying the bill for demolition. How sad is that!?
December 23rd, 2007 at 1:24 pm
This city needs a “master plan” to bring it into the new millenium. The Chamber of Commerce is a joke in that it is an entitty in name only. City government is not considering the long term needs of the community.
Good ideas are often shot down in favor of the status quo. Antigo needs to break it’s cycle of comfort living and look to the future to attract professional people along with investors to provide a higher standard of living.
People balk at a tax increase, but a simple sales tax that goes directly to funding a master plan, I believe, would be pallatable to the people.
If as much time and effort were spent to invest in Antigo instead of where we can buy our next 12 pack, Antigo would be a shining beacon in the northwoods of Wisconsin.
January 25th, 2008 at 4:17 am
Its easy to say that a “simple” tax increase is pallatable if you are independantly wealthy. The rest of “beer drinking po’ folK” are to busy trying to stomach the insane increase in property assesments and taxes throughout the past 5 years. This year my property assesment increased by $12,000. If the city had the $12,000 in cash, they could have the whole house.
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:31 am
Not sure if it’s true, but I heard a rumor that the gas tanks contain lead…so the ground itself is contaminated. They really can’t do much with it if that’s the case.
February 29th, 2008 at 8:09 am
You wanna talk about eyesores look at the Antigo Hotel…The police frequent there quite often. I’ve seen them doing raid for drugs there all the time …have ya ever been in there? I went in there once to see what it was like it was filthy the owner was outside swearing up and down at a tenant while kids were outside across the way playing no respect for others
i think the owner should be cited for such acts and cited as well for as many times our police officers have to waist there time going there
February 29th, 2008 at 8:16 am
you should post a blog about slum lords Rick&Judy Now are 2 of the biggest in town they wont fix nothing if the do they rig it up they have drunks/drug addicts shovel snow for rent at Antigo Hotel but yet they have everybody in there back pocket its a shame when White Trash get a lil fortune
March 19th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
you know, I propably would stomach a tax increase to make a “master plan” for Antigo, but it would have to come with some kind of, I don’t know, more involvement from citizens. I’ve seen too many BS projects wasting our money, with no regard to how and why this will help improve the community.
We seem to have a big town mentality with a small town budget.
But then again, why should we continue to pay for the misdirection of our leaders. The city needs to bring in “big business”, not another retail store that no one can afford to shop at or another gas station convience store. Good jobs with good pay..the rest would fall into place.
This town is dying and I am afraid that unless something changes and changes soon, we will soon be a ghost town.
March 20th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
EXACTLY! I would also be willing to pay, but not for another huge mistake! I often wonder “what are they thinking?” Antigo is failing because, as ALEXIS says: we have no big business here anymore and it seems that no one is actively pursuing any either! Cut some deals people! Do whatever it takes to get new business and the rest will take care of itself. As for the small business, they are not well supported, because there is NO PLACE to park, no sufficient advertising to tourists passing through and no easy access to get to them, even if you wanted to! It seems like the goal of the Antigo “powers that be” is to get tourists through town as quickly as possible. What is obvious to make them slow down? Stop? Get out? 45 is nothing but broken down boring buildings that are either empty or not worth turning your head for. Then, bam you are on the north side and what is there? More broken down empty building and whoopee … a WalMart and a Fleet farm … keep driving! Look how hard it has been for those two women to get the roller skating rink going! That would be great for Antigo’s kids and bring in lots of business from the surrounding areas too. They can’t even get a decent rate on buildings that have been sitting empty for years!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
What do y’all think of the new playground on 6th & Field Streets?? Yes, it is very nice looking, but these little unsupervised brats in this town will have it broken & defaced in no time. The problem has never been no place for the kids to play……or nothing to do. Kids now days have wayyyyy more than they need. Good, well-behaved children will FIND something to do, playground or no playground…But the many unsupervised “little darlings” whose parents don’t care where they are or what they’re doing & run wild will be the ones to frequent the new playground & subsequently destroy it, board by board. When you have a police scanner, you hear alot that does not make the paper & things you never knew even happen. You’d be amazed at the vandalism & mayhem perpetrated by youngsters in Antigo & I’m not talking just teens. We have numerous play areas in town. The City Park, Lake Park, Mendlik Park, Deleglise & 2nd(?) Avenue, all the schools have playground equipment & I’m sure there are ones that elude me right now.
I wish the money that was donated for this playground would have been donated to some place or organization that ,in my opinion,would have used it more wisely. Like the animal shelter. They are constantly in need of kitty litter, animal food,bleach, clothes soap, softener ,printer paper,etc.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
What about the old junk yard behind KFC? Hill Hannie used to own it(he’s deceased) but it has sat unused for many years now. Who owns it now & why hasn’t something been done to clean that mess up?? It looks like a ghetto.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
That mess has been cleaned upin the last couple of years, as has Karl’s Quality Auto. The problem with the old junkyard you are referring to is that it is in the county, not city limits. Therefore it is not subject to the city ordinances regarding keeping it clean. The county has much more lenient rules regarding junk. It likely would have been ok in the city as it was fenced in.
On a side note, it looks like Mike’s Service Center has been cleaned up a little bit. Not enough yet, but its a start.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:04 am
How can it be under the jurisdiction of the county?? It’s right behind KFC on North Ave(?) Thats IN the city!
May 15th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
It might be because of how long it’s been there. If it’s been there 40-50 years, that land used to be county. But as it got developed the new buildings were on “city” land. Possibly some never switched to city land? I have no idea if I’m right or not, just a guess.
May 15th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
there are many areas within the city limits that are not in the City, such as Dewan’s, Pomp’s, Blackjack. The limits of Antigo are not square and have been affected over the years by annexation. The easiest way to tell (in most cases) is to look for the blue address signs in front of houses that designate they are in the Town of Antigo, not the City of Antigo. The strangest one is on Ackley Street between the old folks home and Mepp’s. One house in the County completely surrounded by the City. I’m glad I don’t have to figure out which is which on a daily basis. What a mess!
July 19th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
The milk, orange juice, and lunch meat still in the old Super America freezers/coolers must be fairly ripe by now.. If you look in the windows the coolers were still stocked.