Paradising a parking lot?

I spoke to Old National Bank Carbondale branch manager, Jeff Speith, about the Bank leasing a portion of its parking lot for commercial use, specifically some "boutique" shops not found at the Mall. He said that since he was trying to lease the upstairs of the bank building, he might need the parking spaces. I asked rhetorically, "what if it paid more to lease the land?" He saw my point, but wouldn't/couldn't say how much he was asking for the space, because it was under negotiation. What makes the idea far-fetched is no business has expressed interest in building in that location, between Dairy Queen and Old Town Liquors, across the street from Hangar 9.

What would be a good business in that spot? It was a park before it was parking lot. How about a geodesic dome-shaped restaurant, where sandwiches are shaped like tetrahedrons. Call it Ishmael's or StarBucky's , which reminds me--don't forget the Fuller vision.

NEWS TO US

Did you ever want to read the news in verse? Two or more Carbondale poets are taking a stanza against the tyranny of tedium. Uh, let's see, where's that link? Oh here it is.