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Originally Posted by austlar1
Yes, that has been addressed in the two or three previous posts. The point is that the CVC arbitrarily ends at Red River in the general vicinity of the Seton Hospital complex and the site of the proposed Waterloo Tower project. This was probably the result of lobbying by Seton to protect their expansion options at the time the CVCs were created. The CVC extends beyond Red River to the south and also in places to the north of the site in question. The CVC is supposed to protect long range views of the capitol from IH35 and elsewhere as well as inside Waterloo Park. Actually inside Waterloo Park, the stalled out intake facility would only block a snippet of the capitol view that would be available to anyone walking a few yards in any direction away from the front of the intake facility. It is absurd to block completion of the intake facility and allow a 220 foot plus structure to be built directly across the street.
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I'm guessing the Seton complex was there and already blocking views from IH35 when the CVCs were created. Subsequently, they just didn't bother to put that land in a CVC. Again, I'm just guessing.
Yes. The whole intake facility fiasco was/is ridiculous.