Have to agree with Terrell on this. I will take function over form nearly every time. No reason why a cool retail/housing/planetarium building would not have great visual prominence. I would prefer a fully functional library over visual prominence
DeWayne Townsend, Ph.D. Analytical Instruments 1200 Mendelssohn Ave, Suite 50 (S.E. corner of Plymouth Ave. & Hwy 169) Minneapolis, MN 55441 800-565-1895 FAX 952-929-1895 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > This paragraph stuck out when I read the Star Tribune 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? _______________________________________ 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
