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Dykers is an excellent talker and made the conceptual part very interesting. Still, I was disappointed in the lack of specifics when it came to addressing the bypasses and how the market would interweave with other downtown uses. I understood the financing part was not his concern but it hung over the proceedings like a dark cloud. This all seems very theoretical still. I'm a believer but I'm not holding my breath either absent some commitment from outside a room of ardent foodies. If there's going to be a market, it will take more than crowdfunding and civic idealism. A real-estate deal of some kind, to my way of thinking, will have to provide the leverage. Right now, those 20 floor apartment towers are either wishful thinking or plain old bullshit.