This paragraph stuck out when I read the StarTribune library article this morning:
"The delay avoids what Minneapolis City Council Member Lisa Goodman called a potential train wreck: a scenario in which the committee and City Council prefer the north site, which has visual prominence, and the Library Board prefers the south site, which better accommodates the library's function." While which block has "visual prominence" may well be somewhat dependent on the design of the other block and to a lesser extent the block of surface parking to the east leading to the Old Fed plaza, I find it hard to believe that Cesar Pelli cannot meet our visual needs on either block. Part of the reason we are building a new library is because the current building was not well designed for its function. In theory the Library Board and staff is better able to evaluate its needs than Council members who are separated from library operations. Unless someone has a plan that is more than the generalized mixed commercial/residential for the block where we don't put the library, it seems we should defer to the experts rather than accept a less than best library to allow space for an undefined vision. Leaving the library on the south block leaves 2 adjoining blocks that could be built as a common project to the north and northeast. BTW, can the Library Board override the decision of the Implementation Committee? What happens then? Terrell Brown Loring Park __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ _______________________________________ 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
