Dan Prozinski wrote: "Now imagine these folks trying to stay sober in the middle of 9 bars all within 200 feet. That's the idea behind the proposed men's overnight shelter for 7 Corners. Grandma's, Holiday Inn, Town Hall Brewery, Jewel of India, Bullwinkel's, Bob's Pizza, Noodles and Co., Chipotle, Sgt. Preston's, they all have bars. Imagine the activity in the area on a typical game day."
JC I'd be willing to bet a beer costs 3 or 4 dollars at most of those establishments. The logic behind NIMBYism never ceases to baffle me. I wonder if the author has ever spent time with the folks down at the Peace House - his enflamed polemical rhetoric about the mess they would make of Seven Corners suggests that he has not. I assert that Peace House has a right to stay for other reasons. I walk by it almost every day and night, and I have never had a problem. Leaving it would show that CCHT and Hope are truly committed to integrating the area socially. The new project is touted for bringing permanent affordable housing to the area. Moving the Peace House doesn't coincide with keeping the area affordable. On the contrary, it smells of gentrification. Keeping Peace House would also show that we can accomodate new construction without wholesale demolition of existing buildings. Neighborhoods that sustain a layering of old and new are integrated architecturally, resulting in a pleasant variety of building styles and materials. Skid Row on Washington Avenue was torn down for being "blighted", and now we have only photographs of that once bustling district. Demolitioning the Peace House isn't necessary to achieve the revitalization of Franklin and Portland. New construction could go on either side of it, without the expense of demolition. Keep the Peace. Jeff Carlson, Whittier __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
