Ruken
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I'm not sure if you're being serious or being sarcastic, but I'll take the opportunity to present to you a "vision". Is it great? No. Do I love it? Not at all. Just giving the info.
Mayor Jackson is in his final term. He proposed an idea to reinvigorate public square and it seems like this is how it will take shape. Ontario and Superior will no longer intersect with traffic... This breaks ground on Monday, March 9, 2015.
Source: http://www.land-studio.org/project/public-square-redesign
Also, back in 1903, the concept of the malls (Mall A, Mall B, Mall C) were born with the idea of connecting the urban City to the lake. Clearly, while the malls are nice, they fall short of iconic, in my opinion.
As you can see, it's void of life and activity. They're certainly nice, but there really isn't a "park" feel to it whatsoever. We'll see what happens when the new Hilton is opened (left side of the picture, across from the County courthouse). Perhaps, the Malls will come to life a bit. As it stands, they sit smack-dab between a ton of 8-5 buildings or buildings that are largely vacant outside of a few weeks a year.
I love the new public square design. My only question is where will all that traffic go?