Khyber Pass resto façade taken down
After years of wrangling with the borough, the Khyber Pass Afghan restaurant on Duluth has demolished its wooden façade.
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walkerp 10:45 on 2019-04-26 Permalink
So lame.
Kate 10:49 on 2019-04-26 Permalink
I know. The architecture on that part of Duluth is an agreeable jumble of small old buildings with different modernizations and finishes. You can still see the Khyber Pass’s façade on Streetview and it was not an eyesore in any sense. Plateau borough sometimes lets gentrification go to its head.
Ian 19:53 on 2019-04-26 Permalink
This started before Projet, I think – the main issue is that they made the facade without getting the appropriate permits, and the city being the city, that is not allowed. It’s actually a good thing in that it prevents illegal renos… yet mysteriously the illegal expansions of the Belz Synagogue on my street buying up triplexes and converting them to adjoining space… maybe the Khyber Pass guy didn’t know whose palm to grease. To be absolutely clear I do NOT mean this as any form of anti-semitism but it is a well-known fact on this street that this synagogue keeps expanding bit by bit into formerly residential property in a manner that is clearly not anywhere near within zoning regulations, and really they aren’t the only ones, there are lots of places throughout the Plateau that mysteriously undergo drastic work without a permit or one whose limits are clearly not being followed despite repeated complaints by neighbours. It just doesn’t seem possible unless a few inspectors are simply on the take.
Kate 10:16 on 2019-04-27 Permalink
Ian, you’re right about this going back to pre-Projet days and a failure to get a permit, but Projet should’ve looked at the situation and allowed the owner to arrange things retroactively. They keep saying they want to help out independent businesses in the area, and this is exactly where they could say, this is a successful business, part of the Duluth Street scene, the owner is otherwise a law-abiding fellow, let’s cut him some slack.
jeather 10:16 on 2019-04-27 Permalink
My neighbour did all sorts of illegal renovations, we complained all the time to the inspector who was assigned and said it was legal. We eventually got to someone who agreed it was illegal but too late to do most of the fixes (I think they had to change the balcony which was a fire hazard). I am sure 90% of them are being paid off by someone.