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Originally Posted by pesto
I think this was one of several student projects for what a 101 cap park would look like. The sillier versions included the "tallest building west of Chicago" as a gateway along the 101 and other dubious ideas for energy generation, deployable blinds, ecological plantings and hydration, museums, etc.
It will be interesting to see how these concepts juxtapose with the new Civic Center Park, which was hurriedly built so as to "create jobs" and with little focus on actual use, and with the Union Station plan, which could very well succumb to the same pressures.
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Some, but not all of those ideas were silly. It would make sense to line a park like that with some highrises like other larger urban parks around the world. Museums (not sure we necessarily need any more) would also be realistic. In fact, unless a new park capping the 101 has some of these additional draws incorporated into its design, they might as well not spend that much money just to create open space.
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