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Old Posted May 17, 2012, 1:47 PM
BrianTH BrianTH is offline
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Originally Posted by PITairport View Post
Taking away the only parcel which would have allowed the convention center (already scaled down from original plans) to freely expand was short term gain for perhaps long term loss.
The convention center is very much not "free" from the public's point of view, and it seems to me that preserving open lots between Downtown and the Strip on the speculation that the public paying for an even larger convention center (it would have to be something like twice the size to reach that far) some day is not a particularly good idea.

I'm not saying I love what Buncher has done there so far, but the problem in my view isn't too much utilization of that land, it is too little, leading to a blank spot in what should be a dense urban fabric.

Last edited by BrianTH; May 17, 2012 at 2:11 PM.
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