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Boise to replace aging downtown fire station, add affordable housing Fire Station 5, located between 15th and 16th streets, across from Rhodes Skate Park, is about 70 years old. Credit: City of Boise A rendering illustrates a proposed replacement for Boise s aging Fire Station 5. The project may include affordable housing on the east end of the 0.85-acre site. Author: Ryan Suppe / Idaho Press Published: 11:26 AM MDT April 15, 2021 Updated: 11:27 AM MDT April 15, 2021 The city of Boise is planning to tear down and replace an aging downtown fire station as well as add an affordable housing development to the site. Fire Station 5, located between 15th and 16th streets, across from Rhodes Skate Park, is about 70 years old. It’s the Boise Fire Department’s oldest asset, and it’s the busiest fire station in the state. But the aging building no longer meets the needs of the firefighters stationed th ....