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Show Page A22 Thursday, December 21, 1989 Park Record VfflEWIPOMIOT f." r i ... .""-1 YJ' iju .m ii i i . . , .-r . I i iV-.'rr r. . H -'X r 4 i - 4i 7' 1 V - ,: 1 ' ! -V I 1 M 03 n i "TVI bHU& - - - . ft, It' 1 ' f ' "" !f ml J J m - t Ti. A. - f 1 1.1 1 T T -W 11 1 V T j I T-k A -n -t Tf T ! . TV r ml A 1 me siaii 01 me ram xecora irom ien 10 ngni, dbck row joAnn noneyweii, rameia nainsworm, xtoom rorter, Kon ueorg, lum nuaman.ausan uavis, wonne inompson, Aiex Wells and J.P. Max. Front row, Andy Ber nhard, Sena Taylor, Teri Orr, Tom Leese and Kathy McCarthy. Not pictured, David Schultz, Heidi West, Tom Clyde and Jayson Frampton Let Carl Winters rest in peace by Arlene Loble How do you know when it is time to let go to allow someone so-meone or in this case something you care about to die with dignity? I believe the time has come to unplug the Carl Winters Middle School from the artificial resuscitation resuscita-tion of grandiose development plans that have so overwhelmed over-whelmed the old shcool. " The breathing apparatus is a proposed hotel nearly as large as the Yarrow and some 30,000 sq. ft. of support commercial space (that is as big again as the old school itself). The intravenous feeding tube is a new RDA that would put tax dollars into infrustucture improvements, underground utilities and building an underpass to City Park below Park Avenue. The ultimate irony is in the rendering of the proposed project pictured (in the Park Record) you can't even find the Carl Winters Middle School. It is eclipsed by very large buildings and a gigantic gigan-tic fountain. The patient that all this was designed to save isn't even in the background. The operation was a success but the patient died. This level of development is necessary we are told in order to make it financially feasible to renovate the school. I believe that this is true but the cost is too high. Saving Carl Winters isn't worth the price of destroying the last piece of open space in Old Town. When the city purchased the school property from the school district, saving the land from development was a high priority. Times change and people change, and what was a good idea at one point in time may no longer be so. But in this case, the importance of preserving open space has only grown with the passage of time. The RDA pocket parks and concern over the entry corridors have heightened the community's awareness of and support sup-port for "green growing places." Let the middle school playing field remain a playing field; or allow Jennifer Harrington (the city's landscape architect) to work her magic and turn it into a Garden of Eden. As I, See It Sherman BY J.P. MAX It isn't just the open space that is important such a large development is out of scale and out of character with the neighborhood. Far from changing the zoning and granting height exceptions on this property, the city should be down zoning the spot commercial that exists in Park Avenue and currently allows development of 45 feet high lot line to line. The construction of the belt route did more than take pressure off Park Avenue, it breathed new life into a dying residential area. HMpric preservation is starting to work. Give the neighborhood a break by not overwhelming it with a project that is too big, too tall, and too commercial for the area. I only know what I read in the papers, but it is still unclear to me exactly what is going to happen to Carl Winters. I understand that the point of all of this is to historically preserve a beautiful old building, but what is to become of it? I've seen a lot of old chestnuts resurrected resur-rected as possible uses. The Film Festival does desperately need more viewing space and better office facilities for that one month a year they are in town. It would be nice for Ballet West to have a permanent summer sum-mer home. Park City does need large scale convention facilities. But what exactly are the plans for using the school? Who will pay for it's ongoing operation and maintenance cost? Does Carl Winters Middle School really have to be demolished? At this point I think it would be an act of kindness. The city council was willing to give the building to anyone who would rehabilitate her and provide pro-vide for public access. It didn't work. No one ever felt it was worthwhile investing the city's own money to restore and maintain it. I thought the best idea was to turn the old school into a school but that was almost universally opposed by the whole community. I say let her rest in peace. mm ciimH Mm (BGDLfGl. How do Santa's reindeer fly? Children from Kid's Resort preschool and child care answered: r r 4 i I if ' si m 4 3 y I BobbiJoIIagen UAge4 I 1 v "l I ' , f Vi if ' .1- 1 f M Jesse Allen Age 4 Ryan Watts Age 3 Christopher Thompson Age 4 Maya Taylor Age3 j He (Santa; ines wnen you They run and they go up in have a snowsuit. You have to Magic. Santa brings Magic. Santa pulls the str- j. the air, just like Santa does, get a reindeer sled and you presents (to make the ing and they land. have to get a rope for the si- reindeer fly). Jared Snow Age 4 I don't know. They move their feet. ed. i , . .... t ' ' ( |