Anyone know what the fate of the original Walker library will be
as this project goes forward?
The concept drawings in the Southwest Journal seem to show
the condos right where the (former) library is...
Madeline Douglass
Kingfield
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MD asks:
Anyone know what the fate of the original Walker library will be
as this project goes forward?
The concept drawings in the Southwest Journal seem to show
the condos right where the (former) library is...
The old Walker Library is not touched. The condos rise behind the Library,
if
Nathan Hunstad wrote:
I'm not absolutely pro-development, but this development makes sense in
a lot of ways. Fearing change because it's change will not allow our
neighborhoods and city to mature.
I agree with Nathan and Nick, especiallyu about the horrible waste of
space caused by the
...From the SW Journal Story (as forwarded by D. Brauer)
Lagoon Project moves on up
Planning Commission opts for Uptown height, density as neighborhoods
split on condo/retail complex between the Greenway and Lagoon Ave. near
Hennepin.
http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/06/03/news/news01.txt
Pros: The project would do a lot to further justify transit in the Greenway.
It would also really help other local business, which I would expect would
create some new jobs. At $75 million it would help build the taxbase or
ease pressure on existing properties. An overall increase in housing
I live near this project, and given the details I know so far, I have
absolutely no problem with it. Development is going to happen. That's
a simple reality. Either it can happen in the far-flung 'burbs, like
Chanhassen or Blaine, where there is no hope for much transit and more
highways will
