tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post111996503277008841..comments2024-03-01T07:43:16.529-06:00Comments on Smart City Memphis: Doing Nothing Is Not OKUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-1120162394985675662005-06-30T15:13:00.000-05:002005-06-30T15:13:00.000-05:00With respect, you're being disingenuous. No mentio...With respect, you're being disingenuous. No mention by you of turning public land over to private developers for a very handsome profit-making venture. And didn't you later mention in another post that "festival marketplaces," which is exactly what the City proposal's public PR revolves around, is a dinosaur idea?<BR/><BR/>The space *under* the Promenade can be made into public parking while still leaving the Promenade green itself open and free. The Friends idea costs a mere fraction what the City propoal does.<BR/><BR/>You can even start a "world class" design competition for the Promenade. Have an open, juried call for proposals to architects and urban designers around teh world. Imagine being offered the chance to work on a vast, open green space in the middle of a major metropolitan area. How often does that opportunity come along? Who wouldn't want to be the next Fredereick Law Olmstead and Central Park?<BR/><BR/>But, of course, there's no profit in it and no new revenues for the RDC and the City, so that makes it a bad idea, yes?Michael Roy Hollihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15275044959782899550noreply@blogger.com