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
I say it must be balanced with the quality of life issues high rises create.
I don't disagree that we should increase density and encourage mass transit
by almost any means necessary, including quality buildings higher than a
couple/three stories, but you can have ghettos going up 30 floors or
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
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
