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June 14, 2006
IT'S A "BUNCH OF BUNK"--DESIGNERS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAZA HAVE IGNORED SOME IMPORTANT DESIGN CRITERIA THAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR DOWNTOWN PROJECTS
The reconstruction of the Downtown Plaza certainly is out of context with what a Downtown Plaza should be in a community such as Chico (Chico is known throughout America as “Tree City�). They removed the trees that were planted several years ago to replace the massive diseased Elm trees, and as a result it will take decades before we see something that resembles real trees. In the meantime we can all play chess or checkers on the $10,000 (plus) tables.
What really disturbs me, and many others that I’ve spoken with, are the massive street intersection corners of plain concrete, which not only reflect excessive heat in the summer, but do not conform to the design of the reconstructed intersections throughout the Downtown. The designers must have forgotten to leave their offices and recognize that the City has included inlaid brick to break-up the monotony of the usual concrete color. Considering the size of the new intersection corners, the inlaid brick would have (at least) been a relief from the concrete included in the present reconstruction.
It seems that the designers and the responsible City staff were “asleep at the switch� in almost every aspect of the reconstruction of the Downtown Plaza (that I have dubbed the “Downtown Mausoleum)�.
Posted by at June 14, 2006 03:34 PM
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