I have always looked at that island as a park with historic qualities good
and bad.
If it has not been treated well and land has been encroached upon...cast
the
blame in the right direction to the stewards of the land...Minneapolis Park
Board.
This too can be changed...
dorie gallagher/nokomis
there's very darn little park in
that park. Several park boards and other public entities, have never
guarded Nicollet Island as park space. It's a joke to pretend that the
island is a park. WizardMarks
DeLaSalle has not always been that large. They expanded
their building as recently as 2000. From the looks of their success,
their enrollment will continue to grow. Where are they going to find the
space for those additional students, classrooms, cars, buses?
The Park Board is also guilty of screwing up the regional-park
characteristics. They paved over half an acre of prairie....
Unfortunately, we've already lost much of the history on the
island, especially from the most historic period (from which its historic
designation derives) of the late 1800s. People would use the park for the
historic park that it is and could be. Nicollet Island is nearly as
unique and historically important as St. Anthony Falls. It ought to be
treated that way.
Chris Johnson
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