On 7/6/05 11:02 PM, Nick Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Madeline Douglass Said:
Neither Loring Park, Lowry Hill or Elliot Park need to be over-run
with these monolithic skypollutin towers. These neighborhoods
are the historic heart of Minneapolis. They should not be glassed
and steeled and
TB wrote...
We have acres of parks, lakes and a river that will never be built
on and provide both open spaces and recreational opportiunities.
You are making some pretty big assumptions here. I don't know if you
have been watching the MPRB in action lately but protecting our open
spaces
Nick said:
We clearly have a lot of people in the city who prefer more intensity in
land use (tall buildings) rather than less. Why shouldn't we allow them a
place to live in our city? If not in the neighborhoods that are around
downtown, then where?
How are we not allowing them a place to
Minneapolis Folks,
The height of buildings has been an important discussion on this list for
several months.
I support larger-taller buildings because of the density it will help to
create, which will benefit development of mass transit, and help to slow the
sprawling development in our
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From: ken bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 12:58:45 -0700 (PDT)
To: Mpls Forum mpls@mnforum.org
Subject: [Mpls] Building Height (exception idea
Nick said:
We clearly have a lot of people in the city who prefer more intensity in
land use (tall buildings) rather than less. Why shouldn't we allow them a
place to live in our city? If not in the neighborhoods that are around
downtown, then where?
Chris Johnson Said:
How are we not allowing
An article in this week's Skyway News (July 4-10) reports on the condo project
by Magellan, Village Green and BKV... These were the guys who somehow grew
their
project to a ridiculous 48 floors...which apparently drew the ire and scorn
of Citizens for a Loring Park Community.
The architect's
Madeline Douglass Said:
Neither Loring Park, Lowry Hill or Elliot Park need to be over-run
with these monolithic skypollutin towers. These neighborhoods
are the historic heart of Minneapolis. They should not be glassed
and steeled and Starbucksed to oblivion.
Nick Comments:
I have been
- Original Message -
From: md [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Madeline Douglass)
The architect's drawings of the 48 and now the 39 story structures
seems oddly out of proportion to reality...deliberately?
[TB] Out of proportion with what? My neighbors include the Target Towers
(2 blocks), US
Nick said:
We clearly have a lot of people in the city who prefer more intensity in land
use (tall buildings) rather than less. Why shouldn't we allow them a place to
live in our city? If not in the neighborhoods that are around downtown, then
where?
Me:
I agree with Nick. I love Grant
One historic way of regulating building height was in proportion to street
width. With low buildings set back far from the street we feel isolated
and vulnerable. With buildings too tall we feel uncomfortable surrounded
by concrete, glass, and steel canyons.
According to James Howard
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