Your pretty much right on this one Keith- the powers that be have pretty much written off the Northside. That anyone is taking the busway seriously shows how ignorant they are of our transportation resources like the rail line from downtown to Monticello, former 90+ mile per hour route of the Empire Builder. The West Broadway rebuild has lots of potential, but our city planners are bound and determined that Broadway will never again be an "auto row". IIRC, West Broadway was once home to Ford, Mercury, Chevrolet, and Dodge dealers, and I think maybe American Motors too. With suburban land going for over a million dollars an acre "auto row" might be lured back... but Noooo...

Keith, what it comes down to is I think the southsiders don't understand our Northside working class history of railroads, cars, and a working river. They'd prefer to remake us in the image of their southside, coffee shops, culture vultures, and all. Failing that, they'd just as soon abandon the northside to the gangs and sex offenders.

hanging on in Hawthorne,

Dyna Sluyter

On Sunday, March 23, 2003, at 02:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Made ya' look -- probably added 200 gawkers on this one.

There has been no particular response to my post regarding West Broadway
Zoning proposals, redevelopment of Hwy 81, nor the coming of BRT (Bus Rapid
Transit) to our Northwest Quadrant of the City. I am saddened when
Northsiders, who are the most direct stakeholders in these matters, are
silent. I am disappointed when the rest of The List, who are mostly
Southsiders, reveal closed minded Southcentricity, by their silence. As this
City grows larger; the virtual distance between our largest commercial
corridors shall diminish. Outcomes, planned now, shall affect all City
dwellers directly The braintrust of most active posters must not, as yet,
realize; the brain still needs to know what is happening at the bowel.


Keith Reitman NearNorth

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