Would love to see Muta show up to defend some of the design decisions which look very questionable at the point.
The development plan is honestly an even bigger roadblock than the funding. Downtown land opens up for development very rarely so you really need to maximize it for both the development and public benefit perspective. What this plan shows is that it's going to orphan the riverfront into a fringe space cut off from the rest of the public space. This is simply not allowed. Major parts of the actual design and development should be going back to the drawing board. It's like 1993 called and submitted it's design. Simply not suitable by current urban design principles.
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