South Ohio Avenue between Second Street and Gazebo Park will be closed until further notice after a structural engineer raised concerns about the integrity of several buildings effected after a fire last month.
The building at 208 and 210 S. Ohio Ave., which housed The Honey Hole Thriftshop and A Touch of Whimsey gift shop, was destroyed in a fire Dec. 14. Because of the intensity and size of the fire, the building was determined to be unsound and was partially demolished that day.
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