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Did you notice in the picture of the stadium model in last Wednesday's Pioneer Press opinion piece by Michael Lander. The moveable roof of the stadium only covers about 33% of the structure. Heck it doesn't even cover the whole playing field. It doesn't look like the shoe fits, at least there. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/opinion/7810279.htm By the way, ignoring a number of issues I have with the opinion; Here we have someone speaking of all the glorious accomplishments in Downtown in the last ten years, without The Pioneer Press identifying the author as one of , if not the largest receiver of city subsidies in recent years. He is also looking for more help with his new residential projects. That's not a particularly objective opinion and should at least be identified as such. John Mannillo Downtown and Highland Park ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Spaulding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:45 PM Subject: [StPaul] Stadium: Have Roof. Will Travel. (Corrected) > Post news and information from your neighborhood: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________ > > > (OOPS. DIDN'T MEAN TO SEND PREVIOUS EMAIL YET. > HERE'S A VERSION WITH MINOR CORRECTIONS.) > > Anyone noticed how this roof will work at the > Cleveland Circle stadium site? It will be up about > 15-20 stories. It will come off the stadium, travel > on over Old 6th Street (also known as the "tunnel" > entrance ramp to I-94 by the Labor Centre), then land > on top of this parking ramp someone in the city seems > suddenly eager to build at Cleveland Circle. > > In other words, the roof will be between about 75 and > 125 feet (7 to 12 stories) above the top of the > current ice palace. A corner of the roof it will > actually hang up about 15 stories over Kellogg > Boulevard. > > People argued about sight lines of the Cathedral > through the St. Paul Cos skyway a few years back. How > about a 20-story-tall wandering roof? > > A side note, in what PED insists its a conicidence: > The City has been negotiating this transit center for > several years but are running up against a deadline > now for using their federal transit grant. But the > transit center/ramp also seems to serve another > purpose: it seems to be part of the structural support > for the stadium roof. > > Norm Coleman had developed more comprehensive > proposals from Ryan and someone else for the Cleveland > Circle superblock for hotel/entertainment > complex/housing, but the Kelly administration put the > kabosh on that when he came into office. So now we > are left with rushed plans for this poorly concieved > ramp. Or, as may actually be the case, this very > deluxe stadium roof support for a stadium that, > chances are, won't ever be built. > > Bob Spaulding > Downtown > > _____________________________________________ > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > _____________________________________________ > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ _____________________________________________ For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract
