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L I . a d'm a.rks fates i <br />ffy <br />No rescuers at <br />hand; -demolition <br />is a p6 Ssibil t <br />L <br />By TERRENCE BLAND — 1�/_ZOo f <br />"i;:itaane Staff Writer <br />SOUTH BEND — A group of interested residents <br />is u ting to decide what to do with several vacant <br />c: -,f gest-side landmarks, including the long vacant <br />.', :atorium and St. Stephen's Catholic Church. <br />'I Itough several people have shown interest in re - <br />i" Aitating the Natatorium at 1040W.Washington. <br />t.:nto evertihing from an art studio to a pool and <br />Valth club. no one has taken an idea beyond the <br />!n-,tm stage. <br />And the money it would take to renovate the <br /><ii ­g building means anyone who takes on the <br />-ct ,.could have to have'deep pockets. <br />The estimat- <br />ed cost to reha- <br />bilitate the en- <br />the structure is <br />rt° `"w,i a b o u t <br />$330,000, ac - <br />`z cording to Jeff <br />Gibney;dizector <br />of the South <br />Bend Heritage <br />reighborhood group is trying' Foundation. <br />o decide what will happen to the It would cost <br />ansel Center if it is vacated $32,110 to de- <br />ater this year. , molish the ag- <br />ing structure, <br />1ul J &e DZ-szkie% icz, maintenance superintendent <br />r- the South Bend Parks and Recreation Depart- <br />ae:it.11e city ox:ns the building. <br />":fit some point, we need to decide whether Eve're <br />oi:.4 to tear it down: said Common Council J Iem- <br />er Charlotte Pfeifer, D -2nd, who lives across the <br />aref-t from the Natatorium, <br />T. fate of another_ building, the vacant Clark - <br />*`Q Funeral F-lome, which- is adjacent to the <br />'atatorium, also is unclear because the funeral <br />orn- relocated to 2702 LincoInV-ay NV <br />Onginally built as a home, the building now is <br />tined by a local financial institution. <br />-Gihne� said the building is structurally sound <br />d would make an ideal single-family home, es- <br />cially if some of the additions constructed when <br />,Nvas a funeral home were torn down. <br />AREe also have to overcome the notion that it <br />mer funeral home. <br />an_el Neighborhood Service Center, origi- <br />It• a children s dispensary; would be hard to mar - <br />in its current state. <br />See FATE/A6 <br />Tribune Photos/JIM F <br />South Bend parks maintenance superintendent Mike Dyszkiewicz, left, and Common Council Men <br />Charlotte Pfeifer survey the dilapidated interior of the Natatorium on West Washington Street. Pfe <br />is heading a group that is trying to decide the fate.of several near west -side landmarks. <br />