Des Moines, make
haste and start growing up.
As a city ripe with young professionals, it is time for the
young and inexperienced to grow up; this is a dangerously immature place. Why hasn’t Des Moines decided to grow
up?
Looking out across most of the city isn’t tough. Just a glance down I-235 and most of
the Metro’s heart reveals itself immediately. From an aerial view this city might resemble a large
cemetery; but no, our city only looks like it is randomly spotted with
abandoned gravestones, actually we call those ‘buildings’. This city had better start thinking about growing
up in a serious way soon, as the availability of affordable housing is reaching
a spillover point downtown.
Modern architecture has
embraced the green revolution by taking to “green-scrapers” like a duck does to
water… I mean they have created designs for living spaces with lush, green
house like sections apart of a 13-story high-rise. Up.
Here is one that looks like a cactus, I think it closely resembles the "corn-cob towers" in Chicago.
More housing in the downtown would be quickly utilized,
especially in such a cutting edge, and eco-friendly design. Beautiful utility withstands the test of time.
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