For some time, the Access Project excess proponents have toted around a crude model of I35W at Lake Street, depicting a few blocks in each direction. The model, in my opinion, is very deceptive because it contains models of buildings which exceed the size of the Round-up building at 2nd and Lake. None of these 4+ storey buildings exist; most of the existing buildings are single storey set-back buildings with parking. The trees in the model exceed the height of the 4 storey, sidewalk buildings. The size of the buildings and trees in the model obscure the offensive size of a widened Lake Street.
I have two questions; first, why, exactly, were the existing buildings in the area not represented? Second, is there a plan to build buildings at the scale represented in the plan? If so, what happens to existing businesses? David Piehl Central __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
