Waterfront developers share ambitious plans
February 1, 2011 at 1:37 pm in Duluth News Tribune
Ideas include a floating bar and restaurant, a hotel, condominiums, a water garden, shop-laden bridges to span slips on either side of the property, a major retail anchor and a new home for the city’s Leif Erikson Viking ship.
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I don’t know whether to cry or laugh-
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Is that the sanitation building in the backround? If it is, it’s a crappy idea.
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The floating bar and restaurant. Should be nice for the two months out of the year it’s functional.
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Naw…..all them thar Tourists ‘Hot-Footin’ it out thar will keep the ice ‘at bay’. hehehe Or maybe we’ll be footin’ the bill for ‘lake-directed-ice-melting heat/regular street-walkway lights’. Anything is possible…..
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I can here the enviros circling the wagons as we speak.
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Not that this whole concept didn’t start me digging my own grave wondering where the money (1.3 mil) went that Purchased this land while we all pay for Street Lighting…..But I finished the 6′ x 6′ x 4′ hole AND selected my coffin upon reaching this little tidbit…
>>>>“We’re looking at covered bridges, where you could have microshops right on the bridges,†he said.
Rent from these 300- to 400-square-foot “microshops†could help cover construction costs.<<<<
Sincerely, how many businesses have folded up just not meeting their Lease/Rent agreements. What sales do these 'planners' expect to see in Jan, Feb, Mar, and Apr in this city???? And they will be 'microshops'….hope their Inventory is HIGH SALES at Low Prices. And Gee, sounds like more minimum wage sales, wait person, bus person jobs doesn't it….
Whoever was getting Excited about all this at 'the meeting' must be in on the ground floor where the Profit will be.
And the rest of us should be Optimistic?
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lol! Like the city council would EVER let this happen!
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…..Or stop paying the street light bill out of the City Services General Fund….
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Dear City Planners and all you others with bright ideas<
IT'S REALLY COLD HERE FOR 8 MONTHS OF THE YEAR, PARTICULARLY NEAR THE WATER.
Just thought I'd point this out so it's not overlooked.
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Maybe they could put a dome over it??? heheheheheheheh
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Or…….they could take their plan with them to Florida…..They could use more Tourist Dollars, minimum wage jobs like sales at tourist shops, wait persons, bus persons, bellboys…..no wait, it’s too warm for a skating rink there….hahahahahahahaha All us Snowbirds (cough, choke, gag) would get to patronize it!
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