Urban Renewal is what their Hospital Concept represents. It is not the proper way to develop downtown, as countless Studies & Examples show us. Nor is it the correct healthcare solution. Downtown has already suffered enough Utica Urban Renewal projects.
Albany had a massive project too: Making Of The Capitol Complex.
August 23, 2017 - Paris is the world's largest tourist destination, they go for the old town, historic city offerings. Utica, and most U.S. cities bulldozed their inner-city street grids for unappealing "super blocks"...
This makes me sick. Look at the grid the @BostonRedevelop destroyed in #Boston West End... #urbanrewal #urbandesign pic.twitter.com/ER9EWHdbV4
— Tim Lawrence (@datadyne007) May 11, 2015
July 17, 2017 - A film of destructive urban renewal in Kingston, NY: "Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Removal"...
@mattossowski thanks for the copy of "Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Renewal", #NoHospitalDowntown sees it- we're gonna save Downtown Utica! pic.twitter.com/CdTdFecXHf
— #NoHospitalDowntown (@NoHospitalDwtn) July 17, 2017
Flawed concept, clear away neighborhoods, build something new and big...
Not that @AJPicenteJr @SenGriffo @ABrindisiNY or @MayorPalmieri care, nor understand, we're watching "Lost Rondout" https://t.co/s7BhViUiBP pic.twitter.com/7EjPiqld53
— #NoHospitalDowntown (@NoHospitalDwtn) July 17, 2017
May 25, 2017 - Today we work to avoid the sacking of the City of Utica's downtown...
For our original organizer @RowJimmy1 he alone took 1st step: https://t.co/G5nMUzLqov Today we work to avoid the sacking of @CityofUtica pic.twitter.com/xxHW6Dhvt3
— #NoHospitalDowntown (@NoHospitalDwtn) May 25, 2017
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