[Mpls] Botany of the Parks

[Melissa Wyatt]

At 09:29 PM 3/1/2004 -0600, Sean Ryan wrote:


>  My point is that we value the green space, but not what the green is 
> made of. Looking through old plans and pictures of the parks, I am amazed 
> by the thought that was put into each design, but over time those designs 
> have been lost. Minnehaha Park, Logan Park, Gateway Park, Jackson Square, 
> Weber Park, North Commons, you name it, they all have departed from their 
> designs through bad decisions by whomever was leading the bulldozers.
I just wanted to comment that one of the best demonstration displays in the 
city is the Rotary plot in Loring Park.  However, I'm guessing that as such 
it is not maintained by the park board.

Melissa Wyatt
Uptown