Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Potential Subsides into Traffic Cones
They've got this tremendous plot of land on downtown Milwaukee's north side, west of the Milwaukee River. And they could do so much with this land, but no one's stepped forward with any ideas. Already, it's clear that it will become "apartments and retail", not to mention some high-priced condominiums -- because what's new urban life without some more high-priced condos and a few chain stores?
I drive by it every day to work, and right now it's just a plot of open cement, an unfinished bridge, and a huge pile of gravel. Every day I wait at the stoplight as other cars navigate around this mess. And I can't help thinking one of us in these cars may have a better idea than the crew one mile southeast, in city hall.
I drive by it every day to work, and right now it's just a plot of open cement, an unfinished bridge, and a huge pile of gravel. Every day I wait at the stoplight as other cars navigate around this mess. And I can't help thinking one of us in these cars may have a better idea than the crew one mile southeast, in city hall.
