From: Bohl, James Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 4:08 PM To: Lee, Chris Subject: Fwd: BUCKSARENA - For immediate digestion before Common Council action tomorrow - PLEASE FORWARD -- Marc Kushner: Why the buildings of the future will be shaped by ... you | TED Talk | TED.com Begin forwarded message: From: GF Date: May 23, 2016 at 3:33:38 PM CDT To: Mark Gill <1markanthony@earthlink.net>, Jim Carpenter , Mary Louise Schumacher , Tom Daykin , , , Elise Wirkus , "Elena Noyes" , Julie Enslow , "Dan Volkman" , Larry Hoffman , , Terry Wiggins , "Ald Hamilton" , Ald Bauman , "Ald Kovak" , Ald Bohl , "Ald. Zielinski" Subject: RE: BUCKSARENA - For immediate digestion before Common Council action tomorrow - PLEASE FORWARD -- Marc Kushner: Why the buildings of the future will be shaped by ... you | TED Talk | TED.com Please take this in today ! Then, may I suggest, the Milwaukee Common Council vote tomorrow for a two-week delay, during which time, the parties, including the public, will meet starting the next day in a city facility, more or less continuously for the two week delay to explore alternate designs to insure Milwaukee gets the the best deal, starting with a paper sketch session, then a critique and debate for one afternoon, followed by the balance of the delay an optional paper-or-digital continuation of popular/consensus design approaches. That includes a NewYorkCity scale investment that will fill out all the sites with downtown-scale buildings with top floors having views of the Lake that will add volume to the downtown population, helping to drive pedestrian traffic and commerce - maybe even like one sees 24/7 in Manhattan. Some may benefit from subsurface levels, below the water table. The courage and skill to do so have been worked out for over a century, as seen in the bathtub for the World Trade Center site. Again, please think big so as to bring Milwaukee value as befits its position on the Great Lakes. - Greg Bird Gregory Francis Bird 2230 S. Woodward St. Milwaukee, WI 53207 1316 414 722 3879 https://www.ted.com/talks/marc_kushner_why_the_buildings_of_the_future_will _be_shaped_by_you/transcript?language=en#t-1077358