Beginning Monday, Jan. 6, anticipate the start of several temporary downtown street and sidewalk closures to accommodate the property owners’ planned demolition of the Pryor Brown Garage.

Crews with E. Luke Greene Co. have been granted a permit to demolish the century-old four-story brick structure, which is vacant, deteriorating and has been missing a roof for several years.

The garage sits on a downtown city block bounded by Gay Street, Cumberland Avenue, Market Street and Church Avenue. Most of the block is now used as a surface parking lot, with the vacant garage fronting on Church Avenue.

To accommodate the demolition, one-way Market Street will be closed between Cumberland Avenue and Church Avenue while work is underway, and the south-side (eastbound) lane on Church Avenue will later be closed.

The east-side sidewalk on Market Street and the south-side sidewalk on Church Avenue beside the garage also will be closed. But sidewalks on the other side of both streets will remain open.

E. Luke Greene Co. crews plan to begin cleaning out the garage structure starting Monday, Jan. 6. A complete closure of Market Street between Cumberland and Church will begin then.

Once the preparation work has been completed, demolition will start. The Church Avenue lane and sidewalk closure are anticipated to begin around Jan. 13.