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21st May
2009
written by Eric Tienken

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Published online on Wednesday, May. 20, 2009

By Sanford Nax / The Fresno Bee

 

Fresno has the Tower District, Old Fig and River Park. Now, people can add SoTow to that list.

That’s what Fresno City Council President Cynthia Sterling calls the region south of the Tower District. The neighborhood connects the Tower, known for its restaurants and nightlife, with downtown, the government center.
Sterling said SoTow is ready to emerge, starting with Fultonia — a 1950s-era apartment and commercial complex on Fulton Street near Belmont Avenue that is getting its own version of an extreme makeover.

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MARK CROSSE / THE FRESNO BEE

Preston Prince, executive director of the Housing Authorities of the City and County of Fresno, presides over a news conference at the Fultonia, an apartment building built in the 1950s in the Tower District, which will be refurbished at 608 N. Fulton St. (more…)