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June 26, 2006
The Walnut Street Bridge is Safe Until the Impending Apocalypse
Ron, meet Bill. Bill, meet Ron. Shake hands. Swap land. Make everybody happy.
Such was the big North Shore news last week, as more than a year of negotiations ended with developer Bill Young exchanging his property next to the Walnut Street Bridge for city land near Renaissance Park, thus ensuring that no monstrous, sun-devouring hotels would be built next to Chattanooga’s finest viewshed. Mayor Ron Littlefield brokered the deal, and was much pleased: “The swap of the Bill Young property resolves a sticky problem for the community,” he told Mike Pare of the Times Free Press, “and opens a new opportunity for development adjacent to Renaissance Park.” Young said that development would not likely be a hotel, “unless one comes calling.” Bring flowers, Miss Hilton.
We could attempt to refresh you with the background on this story – how people hung balloons from the bridge and protested at packed City Hall meetings and how an entire mayoral election seemed to hinge on this one building for a very long time – but it’s all very complicated, and we think you’d much rather read about…
BlogBeats | By mesh | 06:47 PM
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