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----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Severson" > > The Best Buy complex in the Twin Cities is a good example of what big > business can do to small business in that the properties were taken by the > city to enhance their ....... The mega-car dealer displaced was only small relative to Best Buy, but you're right about it being an example. Another closer to home might be LaCrosse moving Piggys restaurant out of its riverfront location to make way for a new enterprise (can't remember what it is, but a new to LaCrosse employer) I recall the restaurant's owners not wanting to relocate, but I guess they didn't raise too much of a stink about it. (lame attempt at hog-lot humor) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Double" > >..... > Can if be used to force a property owner to spend substantial funds to fit > the picture or model and if you don't to seize your property to sell it to > someone who will? >...... Paul must be thinking about what may develop out of the latest downtown revitalization initiative (relax, I doubt much, if anything will). But if we hope to get beyond obsessing about architectural detail minutia on the facades of the older buildings that haven't been torn down yet and improve the overall ambience or our downtown, we have to find some way to get property owners on board. Too much of the high visibility riverfront is under the control of businessfolk that have no regard for how their places look. Case in point: The Benchmark building, formerly unknown as the Riverview Business Center, and neighboring establishments. Of course, forcing them to clean up their act is out of the question. Maybe using Pete Wordworth's WKM building and grounds as an example of an aesthetic sensibility to be emulated might help. The problem with that example is that it's a historic building, and we need to get it into Winonan's heads that the practice of architecture isn't limited to the preservation of historic structures. _______________________________________________ This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy All messages must be signed by the senders actual name. No commercial solicitations are allowed on this list. To manage your subscription or view the message archives, please visit http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona Any problems or suggestions can be directed to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want help on how to contact elected officials, go to the Contact page at http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org
