At 12:38 AM 11/17/01 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In the matter of the Riverview Supper Club site, I believe it >arguable that having the housing development adjacent to the new park site will serve park visitors well. As an example (you decide >how similar) I offer up Wirth Parkway. This stunningly beautiful >and wild parkway area, over the last 20 or so years that I have >enjoyed it, has been relatively deserted. Virtually abandoned, in >so many ways, as a recreational and naturally scenic destination >because Mom, dad and the kids didn't feel safe enough, nor did >groups of women, and certainly not single women (alone). Please >picture people tripping over each other on south parkways, trails >and paths that are no more nor less beautiful, just more visited >and crowded, and abutted by housing.
Is this really the case? There was the one serial killer who left bodies there, but he didn't find his victims in the park, and he recently died in prison. I don't go there very often, mostly because it's outside the areas where I usually spend time. A couple summers ago, I took an extended bike ride (alone) that included Wirth Park. It was a nice Sunday afternoon. There were other people around, not nearly as many as at Lake Calhoun or Lake of the Isles. I was happy to have a large stretch of trail where I wasn't running into or being run down by inline skaters. No one threatened or harrassed me. Could Annie or Dean comment on whether there is a great deal of crime in Wirth Park? Rosalind Nelson Bancroft Neighborhood _______________________________________ 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
