Comments on: On Kennedy Plaza… http://providencedailydose.com/2008/03/06/on-kennedy-plaza/ News/Arts/Culture/Nightlife/Nonsense/Obscurities Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:36:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Matthew Lawrence http://providencedailydose.com/2008/03/06/on-kennedy-plaza/#comment-2826 Matthew Lawrence Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:04:13 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/03/06/on-kennedy-plaza/#comment-2826 i don't see what was so wrong with grass and sculptures, personally... i don’t see what was so wrong with grass and sculptures, personally…

]]> By: david http://providencedailydose.com/2008/03/06/on-kennedy-plaza/#comment-2825 david Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:14:44 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/03/06/on-kennedy-plaza/#comment-2825 true, true. in editorializing in support of various developments downtown (fogarty hotel, power block, etc) projo never mentions just how happy it is to see its own property values flying through the roof -- be it on the building or the parking true, true. in editorializing in support of various developments downtown (fogarty hotel, power block, etc) projo never mentions just how happy it is to see its own property values flying through the roof — be it on the building or the parking

]]> By: Jef Nickerson http://providencedailydose.com/2008/03/06/on-kennedy-plaza/#comment-2823 Jef Nickerson Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:13:10 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/03/06/on-kennedy-plaza/#comment-2823 Why why why why do I let myself get tricked into reading his one note columns that all beat the same tired drum? This is as far as I got, I gave up on it: <em>Only the lot northeast of Kennedy Plaza fails to anchor its corner. In 2006, a 20-story tower in a traditional style was proposed for that site but was attacked by the design reviewers of the Capital Center Commission, and hasn’t been seen since.</em> The implication that this project was sunk by the CCC is wrong. The CCC sent the developer (thanks for forgetting to put the rider in our purchase-and-sale agreement and thanks for the $10,000,000) Caprionato, back to the drawing board because they proposed a completely putrid building. Carpionato was working on improving the design, in a very traditional style which should make Brussat do somersaults through the plaza, when Carpionato stopped the project. Blame the housing market, not CCC. Oh, and the Journal's surface lot at Eddy and Fountain does anchor the Kennedy Trapezoid (I did like that suggestion)? If one is going to be critical publicly, then one needs to not excuse ones boss from that criticism. Why why why why do I let myself get tricked into reading his one note columns that all beat the same tired drum?

This is as far as I got, I gave up on it:

Only the lot northeast of Kennedy Plaza fails to anchor its corner. In 2006, a 20-story tower in a traditional style was proposed for that site but was attacked by the design reviewers of the Capital Center Commission, and hasn’t been seen since.

The implication that this project was sunk by the CCC is wrong. The CCC sent the developer (thanks for forgetting to put the rider in our purchase-and-sale agreement and thanks for the $10,000,000) Caprionato, back to the drawing board because they proposed a completely putrid building. Carpionato was working on improving the design, in a very traditional style which should make Brussat do somersaults through the plaza, when Carpionato stopped the project.

Blame the housing market, not CCC.

Oh, and the Journal’s surface lot at Eddy and Fountain does anchor the Kennedy Trapezoid (I did like that suggestion)? If one is going to be critical publicly, then one needs to not excuse ones boss from that criticism.

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