I've never figured out all the details of who owns/rents/controls what either.
It used to be a gas station and a different garage (Hondar House; they specialized in a certain Japanese brand but for trademark reasons couldn't use that name as-is). The garage moved out (to another location over on Prospect St) and a new one moved in.
The gas station stayed the same.
Years later, the gas station closed; for a while there was a sign (which I really wish I'd photographed) painted by the owner complaining about how he could no longer afford to run a gas station because of the oil companies, the Federal Reserve, and I don't remember who-all else.
The garage is still there, as noted.
The city property database says it's owned by the same guy who was listed as the gas station owner (and who painted the sign). My guess is that the garage is paying rent but only on their part of the space (so they don't care about people parking in the station unless they block access) and the owner is using the rent to cover taxes and whatnot.
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It used to be a gas station and a different garage (Hondar House; they specialized in a certain Japanese brand but for trademark reasons couldn't use that name as-is). The garage moved out (to another location over on Prospect St) and a new one moved in.
The gas station stayed the same.
Years later, the gas station closed; for a while there was a sign (which I really wish I'd photographed) painted by the owner complaining about how he could no longer afford to run a gas station because of the oil companies, the Federal Reserve, and I don't remember who-all else.
The garage is still there, as noted.
The city property database says it's owned by the same guy who was listed as the gas station owner (and who painted the sign). My guess is that the garage is paying rent but only on their part of the space (so they don't care about people parking in the station unless they block access) and the owner is using the rent to cover taxes and whatnot.