Re: [Mpls] Guthrie Demolition

[ABerget]

What a concept! Walker Art Center Demolishes Cultural Icon Guthrie Theatre
Building to Increase Parking and Green Space! Citizens say "Whoops!" Don't
you hate it when that happens - again - and again - and again...

A community that demolishes the very cultural icon that put it on the map
(redeveloping it as a combination parking facility and green space) while
championing the cliche-ridden Block E plan and an office park for the new
riverfront neighbor leaves me almost speechless.

All along I thought that the Walker - of all institutions! - recognized the
significance of the Guthrie structure and would incorporate it into their
expansion plans.

PS:Just a thought: When the Guthrie and its thousands of patrons (and any
vestige of its memory) is exorcised from Vineland Place, where's the parking
stampede going to come from?

Ann Berget
Kingfield 10-10