More parking lots won't enhance Cape's downtown

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Southeast Missouri State University has given the impression that parking lots with some green space weaved within make it acceptable to demolish Cape Girardeau's existing building stock -- forever changing the historic character of Broadway and Pacific Street. In truth, the university is taking down a piece of the architectural history and a piece of the cultural fabric of our community, replacing it with a vast cavity.

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