The Strange Ghost of Leilani Lanes

It’s been more 3 years since the Leilani Lanes bowling alley went dark. And more than 2 years since its demolition. Yet its ghost remains by way of the sign that still says “Goodbye”. I hate long goodbye’s!  At the present time, the site is still razed and unused. Most recently, contractors are using the area in front as a staging area for the dubious street improvements on northern Greenwood Avenue.  According to a recent post in the in PhinneyWood Blog, a hearing was held last September for a building proposal.  I don’t know what happened to that or the original plan, but the site still lies barren. And the Land Use sign has been graffiti’d to death.

I originally just assumed it was a case of bad timing – a project that ran into the mortgage and banking crisis. My dentist’s assistant seems to know more about it than I do. She said the project would require a re-vamp of the underground sewer system; an expensive proposition that the original contractor could not handle. I don’t know for sure, but the empty space doesn’t look to get filled any time soon.

It’s been more 3 years since the Leilani Lanes bowling alley went dark. And more than 2 years since its demolition. Yet its ghost remains by way of the sign that still says “Goodbye”. I hate long goodbye’s!  At the present time, the site is still razed and unused. Most recently, contractors are using the area in front as a staging area for the dubious street improvements on northern Greenwood Avenue.  According to a recent post in the in PhinneyWood Blog, a hearing was held last September for a building proposal.  I don’t know what happened to that or the original plan, but the site still lies barren. And the Land Use sign has been graffiti’d to death.

I originally just assumed it was a case of bad timing – a project that ran into the mortgage and banking crisis. My dentist’s assistant seems to know more about it than I do. She said the project would require a re-vamp of the underground sewer system; an expensive proposition that the original contractor could not handle. I don’t know for sure, but the empty space doesn’t look to get filled any time soon.