In response to Steve Cramer's counterpoint in the Sat. Strib: No mention of Ryan Development: How would the public feel about the project if Steve mentioned it was a speculative venture. It's not as though Padilla Spear is building their own building. Would that they were. At least they understand public relaions and might think it advisable to be as unobtrusive as possible. This talk of modern architecture and a back-handed swipe at the mention of pseudo-historic buildings. Gee Steve, thanks to guys like you that's about all we have left to do in this god-forsaken town. When I drove cab during the NCAA quarterfinals in '93 I had one fare actually say to me "God when was this town built?" He wasn't referring to the plethora of older structures! The swipe part of that comment is to brand people with a certain cultural sensitivity somehow "snobs" or "elitist". Please! Just because I would prefer a nice warm brick building that would fit with the surrounding buildings as opposed to a glass and metal montrosity hardly should qualify me or anyone else as elitist or an art snob. Enough of this from City Hall. And finally I am a little tired of minions writing to the list on behalf of their bosses. You got something to say Steve, step up to the plate and sound off on this list. You can write all you want but it will never disguise what an ugly building this is, how ridiculous the amount of surface parking is involved, what little insight was shown by everyone save, once again, Lisa Goodman, etc. Because it is not the most perfect spot currently given what is arond it is no reason to make it worse. The logical correlative of that would be for each one of us, seeing a piece of paper on the ground , were to throw another pice on the ground rather than stoop to pick up the first. Tim Connolly Ward 7 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
