The Ivy Tower is a cool looking building. I love architecture and the different designs in the city really make it more attractive.
However I have always questioned this one. The design is and always has been only 25% complete. The other 75% was never built. There were supposed to be three other towers to go with it! This also says nothing of the center dome design that was never built. I think this has a lot to do with why it looks so out of place. Given the amount of damage the building has sustained, and the TIF that it apparently requires, would it be financially better off to tear it down and rebuild it back just like before? Then it could be more easily incorporated into the development around it. I'm asking because I really don't know the answer. I hate to see things wasted. But seeing the pictures on the inside I have to ask, what are we saving? I hope the rest is in better shape than the picture in the paper! I wouldn't want to spend city money for saving somthing that can be rebuilt better and cheaper. Here's an analogy. I was at an antique store. (I love antiques) It had an old solid brass nozel for a garden hose. The kind like they made in the '20s. Old rotted out rubber gasket and everything. But the design is a good one and it works quite well. I needed a nozel and could buy this one for $7.50. I didn't. Instead I went to Ace hardware and baught a new one, of the IDENTICAL DESIGN, that didn't need the repair for $3. I hate wasting things, but sometimes you have to admit it's time to recycle it. Is the Ivy Tower to this stage yet? I honestly don't know. But I hope the city has looked at the option. Tom Holtzleiter King Field _______________________________________ 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
