Rumors, Verified and Otherwise

• VERIFIED: Cap to the Hill sez that Acacia Flowers (triangular building on 12th and Madison) is losing its lease, and that it'll be a year (permits, process, etc.) before the inevitable condo can get built. And guess who will be occupying the space in the interim? Woohoo, THE PONY IS BACK!
• VERIFIED: Last night at Pho Goth and DIE I heard that the owner of The Mercury is looking to reopen The Aurafice Cafe in the space above them, the now-vacant Auto Battery on Union and 10th. It looks like there are some obstacles in the way of such a wondrous convergence of goth, including the cleanup needed to make a former garage suitable as a place for serving food. But we can hope.
• OTHERWISE: Dennis Saxman sez that the long-delayed MurrayFranklyn project on Pine between Summit and Belmont has lost its financing, so we won't be seeing a new monstrous condo building anytime soon. No confirmation on this one, though it seems likely since so many other projects are on hold for now. Formerly the home of Man-Ray, The Cha Cha, Kincora's, Bimbo's Bitching Burrito Kitchen, and briefly the Pony, now and possibly indefinitely a parking lot. Sigh. I will try to investigate further.