I'm sure other list members saw in this morning's Strib, Hamline will soon be establishing a presence on south side of downtown Minneapolis. Other education oriented uses -- St. Thomas, the downtown school, the technical college, etc. are already there.
Now that the central library project is on hold, I propose we move the library project to a new site in our rapidly growing "Education District." The benefits of siting the central library in the Education District are obvious, ranging from facilitating lifelong learning, to creating opportunities for shared parking, to creating a real "place" where people can come to learn. Plus lets face the obvious, the past and proposed future site of the library is horrendous; in my four years of living in Minneapolis I never once visited the downtown library. It was just too much of a pain in the rear to use, and there is nothing "fun" about going to the area. So the next question is, if we move the library to the Education District, what do we do with the library site? Simple. Move the Guthrie there. That proposal is also on hold, and it too is out of place on the river. Simply put, the Guthrie should be the anchor to the Theater District. Guthrie patrons could help fill the restaurants and bars that are gradually emptying due to a variety of factors, including the Target Center's losing battle with Excel. In sum, lets think seriously about moving the library to the Education district, and the Guthrie to the Theater District. Nothing worth doing is easy, but this move is so obvious, even I see it. Dave Harstad Whittier __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ 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
