City Comprehensive Plan Released (Charleston: 2013, tax, dangerous)
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It's actually quite impressive, and it appears that the city is pretty ambitious to get some of its components up and going. I personally like their ideas for making Maccorkle Ave.a more attractive and safer place to drive and park. I like the Patrick Street gateway idea, but I cannot see them pulling off tearing down a Kmart, Big Lots, and about another half dozen buildings to pull that off.
This plan is just awesome! It will take some real work and dedication, but I'm confident that it will happen. The timetable is the only variable here. I can't wait to see Charleston start to make it's comeback.
It will be mice to see some of the big things that are needed taken care of like the new library, remodeling the Civic Center, re-doing slack plaza, etc... I think if we can get that stuff going, then that will generate the other stuff naturally. One thing the plan didn't talk about was modernizing the exterior of CAMC General. I think that is a need. nobody likes going to a hospital that looks like it came from the 50s
I'm all for the Civic Center remodeling and Slack Plaza redesign. Slack Plaza needs to be more inviting, green and functional.
The Civic Center needs updated badly both in terms of function and looks. I believe the Civic Center would look much better with new paint and signage for the outside and inside. The inside is very drab, grey and dark. The city should look into installing some large windows at the Civic Center. Much of the outer walls have spaces between the steel beams that could potentially be used for windows. That would really help the appearance both inside and outside of the building. The inside would be brighter and less like a tomb and the outside wouldn't look so much like a big aluminum box.
Also, the city really needs to look into selling the naming rights to the Civic Center for much needed revenue (actually to be honest, the fact that the city hasn't sold the rights is a disservice to the tax payers and the city). Finally on the high portion of the western side of the building, facing the interstate, the city should have a large Civic Center logo and/or the City of Charleston painted.
As for the library, I'm not sure which direction the Library should pursue. With more and more advances and use in digital resources I think the traditional concept of the Library is going away. Should a new library being built now be focused and designed to not hold actual books?
As for the library, I'm not sure which direction the Library should pursue. With more and more advances and use in digital resources I think the traditional concept of the Library is going away. Should a new library being built now be focused and designed to not hold actual books?
I agree to some extent, and this could be Charleston's chance to get ahead of the curve in something if we do it right. I could see an all electronic library, that would be take up less space in books, but could have more room for learning and community space.
The other part of me recolonize that a society without books can be dangerous, and we totally depend on electronic databases (which can be changed to meet a certain group/persons agenda). The minute we allow Wikipedia style everything, the minute we loose freedoms and factual data.
But again, Charleston could definitely use a modern downtown library, and being on the edge of innovation is something they need to strive for.
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