Today’s attention can enhance beauty, heritage of downtown
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/16480481.htm
By Donn Werling
From Werling's article:
"Because our downtown is the flagship, the eyecatcher for our region, we should move forward judiciously to uphold and enhance its beauty and its heritage so we and our children will be the better for it."
Let’s rule out parking as a killing flaw for future of downtown Fort Wayne
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/16480482.htm
By Eric Fisher
From Fisher's article:
"I would suggest that we stop fretting about downtown parking. As long as the numbers show that there is enough parking, let’s worry about it later. It is my opinion that our new downtown is going to ride on the crest of a wave of upcoming Fort Wayne-ites who think quite differently than the way their parents did. They have grown up in suburbia and, maybe, are not all that impressed. Their No. 1 objective is NOT going to be maintaining personal comforts like us kids of the ’60s, but they are going to embrace, ironically enough, a more raw and “earthly” experience. Leaving climate control in their home, experiencing it in their car and seeking it ASAP at their destination is simply not their mindset. They are thinking urban, and they are going to be that way whether we drop a money bomb on downtown or not. Indeed the market itself will resuscitate downtown."
Friday, January 19, 2007
Couple O' Downtown Guest Columns
Posted by scott spaulding at 1/19/2007 09:56:00 AM
Labels: Downtown development, Downtown parking, Opinion
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
That article sums up just about everything I am feeling about Fort Wayne. Too many people in Fort Wayne keep saying, "Fort Wayne isn't Chicago or Cincinnati. We don't need a downtown stadium." Too many small thinkers in this city. But it is changing. Generation Ys and Xs want something new, urban, and exciting. We want community - not more strip malls and endless suburban development. Indiana politicians keep lamenting the "brain drain." Guess what! Young educated people are flocking to areas of forward thinking growth and cities with vibrant downtown areas. With urban renewal projects such as Harrison Square, we can finally put Fort Wayne on the road towards a bright 21st century, instead of continued subsistence living in the 1970s.
Great post. As a college senior that has lived in Fort Wayne my entire life, I agree 100%.
This project is not just about moving a baseball park from the northside to the downtown area. It is about proving to the world that Fort Wayne is ready for growth and ready to invest in itself.
Post a Comment