So, how does the financing of Harrison Square fit together? Here’s how the city’s Web site shows the relationships: OK, that clears that up.
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Why the public hates publicly funded art
by Jon Swerens on March 14, 2008, in Architecture, City culture, Downtown, Harrison Square
(Jon) If public art has the power like no other to “brand” a city — think of the Eiffel Tower and the Gateway Arch — then why is the public so often against the expenditure? Dan on Cyburbia thinks it may be the style of art that’s been typically commissioned in the last half of [...]
Harrison Square news
by Jon Swerens on November 28, 2007, in Downtown, Harrison Square
I don’t know what reader of The Good City wouldn’t also be a reader of the Downtown Fort Wayne Baseball blog, but just in case … The guys at DFWB are all over the developments surrounding Harrison Square. I’m just going to point you to their blog and say, read up about the Harrison Square [...]
How not to fix your city
by Jon Swerens on November 3, 2007, in City culture, Harrison Square, Urbanism
Richard Florida of “creative class” fame links to The Where Blog, where Brendan Crain looks at five common mistakes made by businesses looking to be innovators. Crain then turns around and applies these myths to how we go about fixing cities. Below are the five “innovation myths” with an excerpt of Crain’s comments, applying them [...]
4 reasons to not bust a gaping hole into a historic theater
by Jon Swerens on September 20, 2007, in Downtown, Harrison Square, Where the sidewalk ends
Forget about building a downtown aquarium. Fort Wayne wants to build a suspended, over-the-street, glass-boxed, out-of-town-visitorium. In an effort to prevent convention goers from ever having to walk on an actual sidewalk, the folks building Harrison Square downtown want to carve a hole into the west side of the historic Embassy Theatre (actually, that side [...]
Big zoning proposals for downtown
by Jon Swerens on September 15, 2007, in Architecture, Culture, Harrison Square
The gentlemen of the Downtown Fort Wayne Baseball blog are surprised by how little the city has promoted Monday’s Plan Commission meeting which will feature a public hearing on zoning changes west of Harrison Square. If they hadn’t heard about it, then nobody has. I may have more questions about the plan myself later, but [...]
Hip to be (Harrison) Square
by Jon Swerens on September 13, 2007, in Architecture, Culture, Harrison Square
This is a repost from Jon Swerens’ blog. Is a city-supported downtown baseball stadium and retail complex a good idea for Fort Wayne? Discussion about the proposed Harrison Square may be a moot point, with papers being drawn up and demolition in full swing, but still, the sides remain at loggerheads. Opponents have been painted [...]
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