Do you remember that developer who went to Dog Island and was so struck with the near pristine beauty and untouched nature that last year he bought up a bunch of beach front land and gave it to his old university to figure out how to build it up and make a ton of money off of it?
Well, it turns out that they still haven't figured out that the land they intend to build on is dissapearing at the rate of several feet a year. Bless their little hearts. I hope their final grades don't depend on making something work down there.
Showing posts with label development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label development. Show all posts
2/13/08
call the wahmbulance
DeVoe Moore sure is pissy about not being allowed to just go ahead and lay strip-malls wherever he pleases. Wah wah wah.
This is my favorite part of the linked story, by Gerald Ensley:
You'd practically have to be a materialism-hating communist not to be impressed by his magnificent museum. Moore, 69, began his Horatio Alger climb to fortune and fame as a blacksmith and has never lost his love for good craftsmanship.
That's right. If you don't love sprawling strip malls, repeatedly ugly designs, and blatant environmental damage, you're a commie. Also, I suspect, a pinko liberal treehugger.
What was it they said about Tallahassee on that show Lost? "Nothing but strip malls and Waffle Houses."
This is my favorite part of the linked story, by Gerald Ensley:
You'd practically have to be a materialism-hating communist not to be impressed by his magnificent museum. Moore, 69, began his Horatio Alger climb to fortune and fame as a blacksmith and has never lost his love for good craftsmanship.
That's right. If you don't love sprawling strip malls, repeatedly ugly designs, and blatant environmental damage, you're a commie. Also, I suspect, a pinko liberal treehugger.
What was it they said about Tallahassee on that show Lost? "Nothing but strip malls and Waffle Houses."
5/24/07
Don't Build On Sand
Some Atlanta-based developer bought a chunk of land on Dog Island. He's turning it over to an Indiana University so students can figure out how to develop it as a sort of class project.
Look, I've been to Dog Island. I love the place. It's beautiful, it's quiet, and it's isolated. No bridge from the mainland means no big crowds of drunken college kids whooping it up along the beaches. The one thing Dog Island is NOT is stable. Chunks of it wash out to sea all year long. Build your house on the water and eventually the Gulf's going to eat it right up, just a gulp and it's gone.
I don't know what they're teaching in universities these days, but wouldn't "don't build on land that's not going to be there in 10 years" part of the lesson?
Look, I've been to Dog Island. I love the place. It's beautiful, it's quiet, and it's isolated. No bridge from the mainland means no big crowds of drunken college kids whooping it up along the beaches. The one thing Dog Island is NOT is stable. Chunks of it wash out to sea all year long. Build your house on the water and eventually the Gulf's going to eat it right up, just a gulp and it's gone.
I don't know what they're teaching in universities these days, but wouldn't "don't build on land that's not going to be there in 10 years" part of the lesson?
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