FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A years-long battle over eminent domain came to a head at a Central Fresno tile shop, where A &T Ceramic ground to a halt as the City of Fresno took possession.

"I don't know how they own it," Art Terzian told Action News. "I didn't get a red penny from them."

Art has owned A &T Ceramic for 40 years, near McKinley and Blackstone Avenues. It is where the city is making room for a new railroad crossing.

The project aims to increase safety by lowering the roadway below two railway crossings at an intersection notorious for deaths.

The construction has left the family business boarded up.

"Right now, we can't operate," Art's son, Tony, said. "We don't have a place to operate from."

Tony was inside the store on October 17.

"A customer had just left, and then I

See Full Page