March 10, 2009

COLLEGE TO RAZE LANDMARK LIQUOR STORE

WHAT:   City officials will raze the Brickhouse Liquor Store that sits directly across from the main entrance of Philander Smith College.

        The private, historically Black college purchased the property in December with the intent of shuttering the liquor store which has been in operation since the 1950s. The college made this purchase, along with several other dilapidated properties in the area, as part of its campus master plan to clean up the community surrounding the school.   

WHEN:    9 a.m. Wednesday, March 11

WHERE:  911 Daisy Gaston Bates Drive (directly across the street from the main entrance of Philander Smith College)