Improving The Cityscape

Suggestions to improve Milwaukee's cityscape.

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January 23, 2001, 12:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"[T]hink of all the fine buildings - and all the moderately handsome ones - that have been diminished by thoughtless additions or subtractions: ugly signs, artificial siding, poor landscaping, the loss of architectural detail. The good news is that design mistakes aren't necessarily permanent. Imagine what a difference a few adjustments - some modest, some more ambitious - could make in the way we experience the cityscape."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Tweaking can fix design mistakes

Tuesday, January 23, 2001 in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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