The article in the LSJ today doesn't cast the new market in a great light, added with the concerns for the asthetics that you guys are having it's kinda disappointing.
As someone who was a bit of a "sky is falling" supporter of this project, I also an starting to feel a bit tricked/cheated. I'm trying my best to not pass too many judgements till I see the final product, but it's getting really really hard ignoring information like this that signals it's not going to be great.
Can we not withhold judgment until the building is actually finished? It seems to me as though there is a half built building and you guys are treating as though you're looking at the finished product.
Well, from wear I sit the new market building looks like a giant pole barn. I'll take the old brick buildings any day. Could someone please educate me as to the advantages of the new building?
Just to clarify my point of view, I like the idea of a new market and I like the size and shape of the new design. To me the only real disappointment is the facade. That being said I'm trying to hold off judgement until I see the finished product because it may surprise me, but I sorta doubt it.
I'm trying to hold off myself, it's just hard to ignore where it's at. I'd also say that in addition to the disappointment with the facade, I'm disappointed with cutting the outdoor pavillion, community kitchen, and raising the rates. And for those things I don't have to wait for a finished product to be disappointed as they've already been announced as final decisions.
I'm a little disappointed that the kitchen and pavilion were dropped from the plans, but if the Market proves viable, it's fairly likely that those will be added at a later date, along with an expansion. If the market does not succeed then I guess we will be left wondering if those things would have made a difference. It is my opinion that the market will very likely prove to be successful, and that at some point in the near future, it will be expanded and improved out of necessity.
Well, last night I went over to take a look at the progress of the construction and it looked to me like the south west facing wall has a lot of bracing on the interior that could become cutouts for windows so I'm still reserving judgment until its a finished product.
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