Where's the monorail?
Is Sandy a city of rubes?
After reading about the half-a-billion-dollar scheme for a Sandy cultural district — with a Broadway theater and 30-story condo towers — you get an inkling of why Utah is often called the sucker capital of America. We'll swallow anything.
Did no idiot lights flash in the brains of Sandy citizens when the developer pitched his "Paramecium" development as: "exactly like New York?" Truth be told, the drawings look closer to the story boards for Star Wars' Imperial City.
"This is unbelievably exciting," says Council chairman Chris McCandless.
I would stress the unbelievable part.
You would think developers would drop the comparisons to famous cities. Remember when the LDS Church likened their Main Street Plaza to "a little bit of Paris." Boy, is it not.
I knew Sandy's architectural rendering reminded me of something:
1 Comments:
How right you are. 30 story buildings, large commercial developments and broadway theaters? Who ever heard of such things. Poppycock! Only slow-witted in-bred gnomes would believe such things are ever possible. Personally, I'd have lead the charge against these shysters, but I didn't want to lose my place in line for the inaugral FrontRunner run. Now there's a good use of taxpayer cash. Way, way better than a monorail.
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