We knew that there would be lots of things that people would say hadn't been included. But rather than just pointing out MPHA We put lots of new affordable housing on the map because the point was to show that it was about an overall vision of the future city. And as you know Fred, I was a regular visitor at Horn Towers and worked hard to locate other scattered site housing in the Tenth Ward.
Lisa McDonald East Harriet >From: "Fredric Markus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: re:[Mpls] Lisa McDonald map >Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:20:48 -0600 > >I didn't say anything at the time, because I thought well of the mapping >effort and the nifty visual appeal. For the record, however, none of our >40 public housing highrises made the map, not even Charles Horn, whose >three 22-story towers dominate the skyline and the north end of the >Lyndale neighborhood in what was then Lisa's Tenth Ward. Minneapolis has >one of the best-run Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) in the United >States with a real estate value that MPHA Executive Secretary Cora >McCorvey estimates to be in the range of 900 million dollars and we >didn't make Lisa's map. Oh, well. De mortuis and all that. I know the >Rybak administration has a good appreciation of the significance of >MPHA's assets and capacities. We residents pull our weight and have good >working relationships with the world in our vicinity, so no harm done. >Other than that omission - and of course lots of features couldn't be >included, not just our digs - a great campaign piece that richly >deserves its award. > >Fred Markus Horn Terrace Ward Ten > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com _______________________________________ 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
