Comments on: The Moderne Project Held for Special Committee Meeting http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2009/10/27/the-moderne-project-held-for-special-committee-meeting/ Championing Urban Life In The Cream City Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:04:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dave Reid http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2009/10/27/the-moderne-project-held-for-special-committee-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-32105 Dave Reid Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:35:42 +0000 http://urbanmilwaukee.com/?p=3304#comment-32105 @Socialisme! Love the handle... Anyhow it appears to me they are looking at the risk vs reward of the project. @Socialisme! Love the handle… Anyhow it appears to me they are looking at the risk vs reward of the project.

]]> By: Socialisme! http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2009/10/27/the-moderne-project-held-for-special-committee-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-32096 Socialisme! Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:05:34 +0000 http://urbanmilwaukee.com/?p=3304#comment-32096 If this goes through, they should rename it "The Internationale." It's about as "Moderne" as Russia in 1917. If the "private" developer is coming hat in hand to the City as keep of the public trough and the AFL/CIO (well maybe they came hat in hand to the developer) then this is about as absurd as our shares in GM. Park East: if you clear it they won't come, but maybe if you lend them money... If the City wants to roll the dice with other people's money, some jobs should be added to the pot, starting with the DCD commissioner's. The decision ought to be made on the basis of a rational risk assessment, not out of a desperate need to kickstart the Park East. If this goes through, they should rename it “The Internationale.” It’s about as “Moderne” as Russia in 1917. If the “private” developer is coming hat in hand to the City as keep of the public trough and the AFL/CIO (well maybe they came hat in hand to the developer) then this is about as absurd as our shares in GM.

Park East: if you clear it they won’t come, but maybe if you lend them money…

If the City wants to roll the dice with other people’s money, some jobs should be added to the pot, starting with the DCD commissioner’s. The decision ought to be made on the basis of a rational risk assessment, not out of a desperate need to kickstart the Park East.

]]> By: Dave Reid http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2009/10/27/the-moderne-project-held-for-special-committee-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-32062 Dave Reid Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:16:05 +0000 http://urbanmilwaukee.com/?p=3304#comment-32062 @Spencer I'd guess the income is generally at the upper ends, so not terribly mixed, but the building itself is very well designed. @Spencer I’d guess the income is generally at the upper ends, so not terribly mixed, but the building itself is very well designed.

]]> By: Spencer Agnew http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2009/10/27/the-moderne-project-held-for-special-committee-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-32059 Spencer Agnew Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:56:22 +0000 http://urbanmilwaukee.com/?p=3304#comment-32059 Looks like a nice addition. Glad to see that the project is mixed-use, mixed-income, and dense---three important characteristics for quality urbanism! Its hard to tell from the rendering, but looks like the building will be well designed at the street-level too. Looks like a nice addition. Glad to see that the project is mixed-use, mixed-income, and dense—three important characteristics for quality urbanism! Its hard to tell from the rendering, but looks like the building will be well designed at the street-level too.

]]> By: Tim Carson http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2009/10/27/the-moderne-project-held-for-special-committee-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-32054 Tim Carson Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:02:50 +0000 http://urbanmilwaukee.com/?p=3304#comment-32054 I am always a big proponent of more high rises in the downtown area, if only to make the city look as big as the population suggests. If this project will also revitalize the Park East area (which absolutely needs it) as well as brings more people downtown, there is no reason to deny it. I am always a big proponent of more high rises in the downtown area, if only to make the city look as big as the population suggests. If this project will also revitalize the Park East area (which absolutely needs it) as well as brings more people downtown, there is no reason to deny it.

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