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Yes Keith P, I do think it is interesting that Park Vic and the NSLC were allowed to be built. However, that was a different time and we should learn from those mistakes. Every effort should be made to perserve the 3 blocks of intact, unmodernized historic structures known as Schmidtville. The vacant lands around Schmidtville should be developed with architecture that inspires and stimulates the mind. It should be mixed use and high density. If that means having 20 or 30 story buildings then so be it. The only thing I ask is that it is great architecture that will be around in 200 years and people will want to live, work and play in.
The name Schmidtville is not new, in fact it in itself dates back to 1830. A woman by the name of Elizabeth Schmidt subdivided what was then know as Pedley's Field into small building lots and this new suburb became known as Schmidtville.