There is a stretch of East Main Street — a single block, really — that has confounded developers and government officials for decades.
Recent years have seen a string of redevelopments begin to chip away at the expanse of blighted, often interconnected buildings. This is something of a dance, with developers needing one project to start or finish, so the next can begin.
Now a series of side-by-side projects that could be the most transformative of all is finally getting queued up…