The vacant lots issue has come up here before. Whether they should be left as eye sores or temporarily camouflaged a bit (e.g., the Esperanza scrim ). Also the natural tension between preservation and redevelopment is still with us. So is the maintenance and/or restoration of parks. In a message dated 9/17/2007 11:52:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
---AP doesn't have that problem. It did for short periods of time but realize this. 1. Would you want to freeze your ass off in Buffalo? 2. Live in Detroit? (I actually know a few people there that love it). Same there - freeze.... 3. Youngstown Oh. Ditto. They don't have want AP was given: The Ocean and another mile west. AP got rid of most of the vacant properties years ago, a good majority of which east of main. Over the 5 years, much has been done. BUT there is still more to go and more to take advantage of, esp since there is money around. Empty lot: Springwood, Memorial. Why not take an action to BUILD new housing to replace Boston Village? Take it down. I wasn't going to post this week. Cordiali saluti, Mario ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
