Typical of downtown planners: You've got a perfectly serviceable facility (tractor pulls, college baseball, prep football, NCAA basketball, etc.) that's paid for and turning a profit, so let's just tear it down and build something new. What's the point besides making the construction industry happy? Craig Cox Hiawatha
on 6/14/02 7:26 AM, Gregory Luce at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This in the Strib this morning: > > Replace Metrodome with a park? Planners ponder possibilities > http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3019503.html > > Now, this seems rife for talk. Some of planning proposals being revealed > today: > > If the Metrodome were razed, planners suggest replacing the superblock with > mid-rise housing (roughly five to 13 stories) ringing an oval park. > > Nine to 10 blocks should be added to the office core near Washington and > Portland avenues to accommodate future office growth. > > Gregory Luce > Project 504/Minneapolis (North Phillips) > > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Craig Cox Executive Editor Utne Reader/Utne Reader Online 1624 Harmon Place Minneapolis, MN 55403 phone: 612/338-5040 (ext. 319) fax: 612/338-6043 [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE NOW. CLICK HERE: http://www.utne.com/subscribe/ Get our FREE Utne Web Watch: The Best of the Alternative Web www.utne.com/webwatch _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
