tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post9035038398819285200..comments2024-03-23T09:42:36.833-05:00Comments on Uptown Update: Mind The Gap, And Your HeadsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-8688099830667850422007-08-27T06:32:00.000-05:002007-08-27T06:32:00.000-05:00Wouldn't it have been cheaper and faster to just r...Wouldn't it have been cheaper and faster to just repair the ceiling than to put up the barricade?<BR/><BR/>Here's what Shiller's website says about the Wilson Yard and the Wilson L:<BR/><I>The project, to be completed in 2008, will:<BR/><BR/>*Open a 115,000 square foot new Target store <BR/>*Create more than 200 job for area residents<BR/>*Include a new streetscape on Broadway and new area infrastructure improvements<BR/>*Reduce parking problems by building a new parking structure and student center for Truman College<BR/><B>*Redevelop the Wilson El Station</B><BR/>*Open dozens of smaller retail stores and offices<BR/>*Provide greenspace in the form of a school campus for Stewart School as well as innovative green technology used in the development<BR/>*Build a new senior housing complex<BR/>*Construct a new rental building with a built-in recycling process<BR/>*Develop a new Aldi grocery store</I><BR/><BR/>What she meant to say about the Wilson L is that the <B>plans</B> for the Wilson L will be complete by 2008, but there are no funds to actually do any redeveloping of the L station.James Capplemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14344512821272018828noreply@blogger.com