[Mpls] Skyway to Nowhere

[FMKCricketOne]

Personally, I thought the guthrie design was very unique and necessary. For the most part, with the exception of 5 to 7 prominent downtown buildings, the public spaces created by architects in this city is less than exceptional. The new library project and the guthrie will be a breath of fresh air in a rather banal downtown that is also relatively void of any significant historic structures past City Hall. Some of this attributes to the growth of Minneapolis in more recent times compared with other cities, like Chicago for example. While minneapolis may never have the scale or time of the architectural significance of ShyTown, I think we could use a few standout...even out of the ordinary buildings. Maybe we could look at this as a bridge to "the dreams" of Twin Citians as a collective...since it looks out onto the Mississippi that is so important to the histroy of the area... instead of a bridge "to nowhere". I am excited at the possibility of going to the guthrie (Ive never seen a performance in the current structure...yet) and looking out over the broad expanse of the river gorge. Just wanted to add a different way to look at the concept of what I thought the design attempted to harness. Robb Clarksen Marcy Holmes...ward 2