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Post by The Green Gull on Jul 18, 2012 12:41:53 GMT -6
UWM is not a Land Grant Institution, we do not have the luxury of immediately buying people out of the their properties in the name of expansion. The U can only purchase land from willing sellers. The U has done this several times in it's history, individual homes were purchased along both Maryland and Cramer Streets. These properties are the current homes of SARUP and the parking lot adjacent to Cunningham Hall. Great Examples, mwu! Here’s an aerial photo of UWM’s main campus from 1964 courtesy of UWM’s archives. collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/uwmphoto&CISOPTR=687&CISOBOX=1&REC=8 The gold boxes indict rows of houses that are now university property and are now currently an integral part of UWM’s main campus: And here’s a current aerial photo of UWM’s main campus. The gold boxes show the developed land that the university purchased: Futhermore, the row of houses located on Bartlett Ave., north of Park Place is a possible option for expansion of the Riverside Park site. As mwu stated, the university can only purchase land from willing sellers. But history has shown that the university has purchased rows of houses before from willing sellers.
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Post by PantherU on Jul 18, 2012 18:11:10 GMT -6
Personally, the WPC site is the best to me. No one is displaced, you replace an ugly smokestack and junk with a beautiful stadium, and it's along North Avenue.
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Post by PantherU on Jul 18, 2012 18:15:03 GMT -6
Yeah for some reason I thought what is now Engelmann Field was further east and moved west when homes were bought.
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Rawls
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Everyone's Entitled To My Opinion
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Post by Rawls on Jul 18, 2012 18:27:36 GMT -6
Wherever it is, let's learn from recent history. If at all possible, the U should own the facility and the land. If not the U must demand a deal that meets our needs; financially and otherwise.
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Post by The Green Gull on Jul 18, 2012 21:16:25 GMT -6
Shuttle Service To and From Stadium:• UWM Union (Kenwood Campus) - Shuttles will run on a time schedule before and after games - Open to everyone attending the game • Klotsche Center (Kenwood Campus) - Shuttles will run on a time schedule before and after games - Open to everyone attending the game • Cambridge Commons Residence Hall (North Ave.) - Shuttles will run on a time schedule before and after games - Open to everyone attending the game • Kenilworth Square Apartments (Near North Ave.) - Shuttles will run on a time schedule before and after games - Open to everyone attending the game Parking Lots Near Stadium (Depicted in the Picture Below):• Lot A - Riverside High School parking lot - Direct Access to Locust St. • Lot B - Current tennis courts at Riverside Park - Access to Oakland Ave. via Park Pl. • Lot C - Land north of Cook Custom Choppers and south of Park Pl. - Access to North Ave. via Newhall St. - Access to Oakland Ave. via Park Pl. - Access to Oakland Ave. via Belleview Pl.
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Post by wauker on Jul 19, 2012 10:39:35 GMT -6
So you are going to put major parking facilities on both sides of the Urban Ecology Center? You can't move Riverside Park so the UEC isn't going anywhere. UWM can't win the battle vs. environment conservation, so a large football stadium near a forest reserve isn't going to happen. At this point Downer Woods looks like a more realistic option, but unless a smoker accidentally burns the woods to the ground we know that will never happen either.
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Post by PantherU on Jul 19, 2012 13:36:54 GMT -6
Downer Woods is not going to be there forever, but I still prefer the WPC site anyways. Bigger space, enough for a stadium, practice field/facility, and parking lot with tailgating. Not to mention that the bars on North Avenue - as well as Axel's and the Black Rose - would be bumping on Saturdays.
....as for parking? Show me the parking at Camp Randall Stadium and I'll say OK.
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Post by apaladino on Jul 19, 2012 15:18:34 GMT -6
How many lawns are there?
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Post by The Green Gull on Jul 19, 2012 18:26:43 GMT -6
The Urban Ecology Center has been a valuable partner in major construction projects with the university. For example, Cambridge Commons which was completed in 2010 is the only LEED Gold certified building in the UW System. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. LEED provides building owners and operators with a framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. The University should definitely work with the Urban Ecology Center, no matter where the stadium is located. If the stadium were to be located at Riverside Park, the Urban Ecology Center (UEC) would be a valuable partner and would be sought after for consultation. The UEC could provide valued cooperation to help make the new stadium LEED certified, and the greenest stadium of all college football. Also the UEC could be consulted to develop eventual parking lots near the stadium to be innovative “green parking lots" with multiple uses. Here’s a link about the first nation's first LEED Platinum designation for a collegiate stadium, which was Apogee Stadium at the University of North Texas in 2011. news.unt.edu/news-releases/nations-first-leed-platinum-designation-collegiate-stadium-goes-unts-apogee-stadiumAlso, here’s a link to a case study about developing and implementing “green parking lots” in Washington D.C. caseytrees.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/report-2008-06-gib-parking.pdf
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