From the fresh.mn flickr pool.
Ren captured this photo of the newly re-painted parking garage adjacent to the Hyatt in downtown Minneapolis. It’s all colorful and stuff!
Originally uploaded by waiting_line.
Do click through to the flickr page; Ren has a “before” photo of the garage. It really makes a difference on the skyline.
She also asked after why it changed. She shared the words of Minneapolis CM Lisa Goodman (and added the links below herself):
“I do know the information as I was involved in the project. A bit of background. The city sold that ramp and 4 others to Alatus Development for 66 million or so about 2 years ago. Two other ramps were sold as well but to different parties. I was the lead at the city on this effort.
As a condition of the sale this developer had to make 2 million in improvements to 3 different ramps. When they came in to show me the improvements for this ramp, which included brick lining the 1st level and a new pedestrian plaza on the corner, I asked about painting the ramp. They were planning to paint the ramp a light brown so I asked them if they would work with Forecast Public Arts to make the ramp a mural. They met with Jack Becker who did a competition for artists and the devloper chose Josh Sarantitis – who is a well known mural painter.”
Our tax dollars at work! (UPDATE: I meant tax dollars that we spend on Lisa Goodman, not tax dollars we spent on the mural, because we didn’t spend tax dollars on the mural.)
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Perhaps I’m mistaken,but I believe it was the developer, not the city, who paid for the painting. Tax dollars are probly safe (in this case anyway).
I was thinking more in terms of our tax dollars that keep Lisa Goodman in office, but that’s totally not clear the way I wrote it.
And I’m sure there are those who would argue that keeping Lisa Goodman in office is not the best use of our tax dollars.
Looks really good. Paint the Hyatt next!
I agree, wouldn’t the Hyatt be awesome painted?
Another vote for painting the Hyatt here!