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Originally Posted by Hardhatdan
At least I know where to avoid now
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Do you want to miss a fist going through some expensive piece of art?
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before moving to homeward trust, susan was the executive director for the edmonton downtown develoment corporation and was an active member in the international downtown association among other industry groups and organizations. she was intimately involved in the redevelopment of the goodridge block as well as much of the current legislation affecting downtown and some of the areas around it. from some of your comments i would hazard a guess that she probably has a lot more experience and a lot better grasp of what makes successful downtowns work - and what doesn't - than you do. and take it from me, dealing with homelessness and the issues surrounding it will probably do more than the next curtainwall office or condo will on their own to making downtown work better for all of us. because homelessness doesn't "work" for any of us at any level.
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You've posted a whole paragraph and only use quotations once? wow.
Your opinions of what experience it takes to make a downtown work is irrelevant. Doesn't matter how many times your name has been published in a newspaper, everybody who steps foot (or doesnt in downtown) will tell you ridding the core of homeless would be good for it.
She calls for the most expensive solution possible and try's to play on people's sympathy and guilt to achieve her agenda. It simply doesn't belong in an otherwise wonderfull article showing what Edmonton could be like in ten years.
~posted from my toasy warm office while watching bottle pickers roam the chilley alley~
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. for what it's worth, as far as i'm concerned the inside is actually better and more successful than the outside... and it's not just the new spaces - the urban views from century to chancery to sun-life, the library, the westin, telus, edmonton centre, city hall are as urban as anything you will see in vancouver or toronto or new york. you stand there with a full panorama of stuctures surrounding sir winston churchill square with no break whatsoever - just a full and complete urban edge wrapping all the way around you through that sloped glazing that gives the view height as well as distance. very cool...
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