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Eric Hare has a very good point. CVS seems quite willing to work with
neighborhood groups and to put together some very attractive properties
if they are pressed to do so. It may even be possible that they were
pressed to put together the ugly property design that they have proposed
to build in Midway. God knows that the brand new Walgreen's on
White Bear is of about the same design, and it was built in Saint Paul,
ACROSS THE STREET from the much more exacting city of Maplewood.
(Talk about a slap in the face.)
So, Eric is probably right. The problem is here in Saint Paul and
not endemic to CVS. Saint Paul and the local district council have
appearantly seen fit to push through a whole bunch of plans that I
have disagreed with. The nasty looking Walgreen's being only one.
Brett Sprangel
East Side
In a message dated 4/22/4 11:01:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I'll cut CVS some slack.
It's entirely possible that someone, perhaps on the Planning Commish,
assured them that this was a slam dunk, and not to worry about it. They
may have been told that there'll be a little noise, but it's no big deal
and it's the Planning Commish's job to get this through.
If they've done the right thing as close to Minneapolis, there's NO WAY
they wouldn't do it in Saint Paul if asked to. Maybe a bit forcefully, or
maybe through a mind-numbing bureacratic series of hoops. But it's clear
they'll do it.
So it's probably not their fault this is such a disaster.
My question is: Whose fault is it?
It may or may not be important. But if we want to prevent these kinds of
things in the future, and I'm right, it would be nice to know who the idiot
is.
Erik Hare [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.comcast.net/~wabbitoid/
Irvine Park, West End, Saint Paul >>
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