Chris took the words right out of my mouth as I read this
morning's paper: "Skyway to nowhere."  Leave it to our great
city to put a skyway over a road where one isn't even
needed.  I sure hope the City doesn't give them the right to
do so.  Beyond that, this is probably the most disappointing
design I've seen from this architect.  Looks to me like kind
of a postmodern cubist mix that pretty much misses the human
component let alone engaging the river except for the voyeur
in us.  We finally have a chance to restore some beauty to
the river and engage it in a meaningful way about the people
of our great city and all we get are boxes with metal logs,
a combination of warehouse and flour mill stripped of
detail, and a skyway to nowhere that looks like somebody
demolished the building on the other side of the street.
And that would all be o.k., if the building at least
stretched the imagination and the experience of theater
going or more specifically: theater going in Minneapolis on
the Mississippi River - which frankly it doesn't.  I say,
Act II needs to eliminate the outcome of Act I.  The people
of Minneapolis deserve better.


R u s s e l l   W.   P e t e r s o n

Saint Michael, Minnesota
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