Comments on: Reconsidering the Skyway http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/09/04/reconsidering-the-skyway/ News & Commentary from the Artvoice Editorial staff Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:32:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ranwebber http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/09/04/reconsidering-the-skyway/comment-page-1/#comment-3102 ranwebber Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:41:45 +0000 http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/?p=778#comment-3102 Instead of an elevated roadway, imagine Buffalo's Skyway creatively re-engineered and readapted to function as a signature “green” multi-use mega-structure, complete with a multi-use, glass enclosed “green roof” including a pedestrian pathway between downtown and the lakefront. Traffic would be re-routed to a tunnel running from near the Memorial Auditorium site to the Outer Harbor lands. Keep in mind that this is one citizen/designer's answer to the question: How can Buffalo creatively connect the Inner and Outer harbor without spending $100 million to demolish the Skyway? This idea would create up to 1/2 million square feet of multi-use space to the city tax base without taking up to 1 square foot of existing ground area! This plan would not disturb any other existing plans for developing the waterfront as a 19th Century Canal Era Showplace but would showcase Buffalo as a city with a vision for the 21st century. This could be Buffalo's Signature landmark structure! You can view this visionary proposal complete with aerial map, illustrations, facts and opinions regarding this Skyway concept and the arguments for demolishing it. There is also a sideshow highlighting the main ideas and advantages for keeping and re-inventing the Skyway. Don't overlook the 31 related videos(from music videos to serious political and social commentaries on the environment and the global imperative of utilizing green and sustainable design. Skyway to the Future: website: www.ranwebber.com/Skyway_Project.html email: ran@ranwebber.com Instead of an elevated roadway, imagine Buffalo’s Skyway creatively re-engineered and readapted to function as a signature “green” multi-use mega-structure, complete with a multi-use, glass enclosed “green roof” including a pedestrian pathway between downtown and the lakefront. Traffic would be re-routed to a tunnel running from near the Memorial Auditorium site to the Outer Harbor lands.

Keep in mind that this is one citizen/designer’s answer to the question: How can Buffalo creatively connect the Inner and Outer harbor without spending $100 million to demolish the Skyway? This idea would create up to 1/2 million square feet of multi-use space to the city tax base without taking up to 1 square foot of existing ground area! This plan would not disturb any other existing plans for developing the waterfront as a 19th Century Canal Era Showplace but would showcase Buffalo as a city with a vision for the 21st century. This could be Buffalo’s Signature landmark structure!

You can view this visionary proposal complete with aerial map, illustrations, facts and opinions regarding this Skyway concept and the arguments for demolishing it. There is also a sideshow highlighting the main ideas and advantages for keeping and re-inventing the Skyway. Don’t overlook the 31 related videos(from music videos to serious political and social commentaries on the environment and the global imperative of utilizing green and sustainable design.

Skyway to the Future: website: http://www.ranwebber.com/Skyway_Project.html
email: ran@ranwebber.com

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