Meighbors, Secret plans and skipping broad based public input always leads to bad plans for any public project! This Inquirer writer shows how insular group planning leads to obvious flaws, even when not trying to cause deliberate harm.
In the case of Clark Park, the secret planners want to destroy and replace the Clark Park culture with a series of high maintenance projects that will always require a special service district to control it. The secret planners want to use up the open space in park A and turn it into a promenade for upscale Victorian families. In Clark Park, park stakeholders and the public were not excluded because of stupidity and poor planning. It was deliberate! http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20100304_Court_building_shows_city_planning_failures.html "While the Family Court building was apparently reviewed by the mayor, the governor, the City Planning Commission, and the Art Commission, it has not been subjected to an effective review or timely public and expert scrutiny. And while it's expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars in public money and to occupy one of the city's most prominent sites, it doesn't measure up to other recent examples of excellent court designs. Before it proceeds another step further, this design must return to the city Art Commission and the public for a full review." STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF CLARK PARK NOW! Glenn ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
