Article: Park East Freeway demolition

Park East Freeway demolition

Tuesday, December 19, 2000

It's time to make room for development

The original Park East Freeway proposal was a solution in search of a problem. Neighborhood development over the past 10 years makes its last remnant even more irrelevant. It's time to clear the way for development of this property.

I've lived near the Park East corridor since 1984. I've worked downtown for many years, including eight years on N. Water St., just one block from the Park East.

The area under the freeway is an ugly space, landscaped with acres of underutilized surface parking, weeds and litter of all descriptions. The underside of the structure is rusting and crumbling, despite ...

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