Comments on: U-District Retrospective http://spovangelist.com/u-district-retrospective/ You are not alone. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:51:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carnie http://spovangelist.com/u-district-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-11699 Carnie Sun, 23 May 2010 21:41:54 +0000 http://spovangelist.com/?p=2512#comment-11699 I had a picture of it before formating issues and the upload limit of my email provider conspired to bump it out. The building was located near where the Hastings on 29th is now. And Pullman was not the first choice for the state. Walla Walla was given the choice of hosting either the State Prison or the State University. For reasons that aren't really clear, they went with the Prison. Go figure. I had a picture of it before formating issues and the upload limit of my email provider conspired to bump it out. The building was located near where the Hastings on 29th is now.

And Pullman was not the first choice for the state. Walla Walla was given the choice of hosting either the State Prison or the State University. For reasons that aren’t really clear, they went with the Prison.
Go figure.

]]> By: George http://spovangelist.com/u-district-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-11697 George Sun, 23 May 2010 20:36:31 +0000 http://spovangelist.com/?p=2512#comment-11697 That Spokane College building looked immaculate. Even more fancy than Patsy Clark's! I would love to see a picture of it before cheap commercial developers got their greedy little fingers into tearing it down. Thank goodness we have groups like the Spokane Preservation Advocates now! I wonder what development is on the site now? That Spokane College building looked immaculate. Even more fancy than Patsy Clark’s! I would love to see a picture of it before cheap commercial developers got their greedy little fingers into tearing it down. Thank goodness we have groups like the Spokane Preservation Advocates now! I wonder what development is on the site now?

]]> By: The Theologist http://spovangelist.com/u-district-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-11695 The Theologist Sun, 23 May 2010 16:01:03 +0000 http://spovangelist.com/?p=2512#comment-11695 Thanks for the fantastic summary, Carnie! I look forward to more posts. I worked in a town in New Mexico right on I-40, and when the town was approached about building a university there, the town said no. So the university was built elsewhere, and the town has slowly been dying for 50-60 years. Kind of sad. (It was also kind of awful living there, trufax. Drugs, hopelessness, illiteracy - did I mention I was an English teacher there?) It seems that, despite the outcry of the nay-sayers, forward-thinking people manage to push things through that are really good for the life of a city. I really hope that happens here. Cheers, TT Thanks for the fantastic summary, Carnie! I look forward to more posts. I worked in a town in New Mexico right on I-40, and when the town was approached about building a university there, the town said no. So the university was built elsewhere, and the town has slowly been dying for 50-60 years. Kind of sad. (It was also kind of awful living there, trufax. Drugs, hopelessness, illiteracy – did I mention I was an English teacher there?)

It seems that, despite the outcry of the nay-sayers, forward-thinking people manage to push things through that are really good for the life of a city. I really hope that happens here.
Cheers, TT

]]> By: Victor Laszlo http://spovangelist.com/u-district-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-11688 Victor Laszlo Sat, 22 May 2010 19:40:40 +0000 http://spovangelist.com/?p=2512#comment-11688 Thank you for posting this, Carnie. Completing the U-district would be transformative for our town. Not just for the downtown area but for the whole e sprague corridor. The med school would be a necessary addition, and moving EWU's education and social works programs to spokane would serve both the students and the community. Our major issue is the lack of industry and opportunity in our area. Most college graduates leave because Portland and Seattle offer much more opportunity for young people. There simply is not the demand for inexperienced recent graduates in the workforce here. A medical school would help, but we need to develop other industries here in Spokane. Thank you for posting this, Carnie. Completing the U-district would be transformative for our town. Not just for the downtown area but for the whole e sprague corridor. The med school would be a necessary addition, and moving EWU’s education and social works programs to spokane would serve both the students and the community.
Our major issue is the lack of industry and opportunity in our area. Most college graduates leave because Portland and Seattle offer much more opportunity for young people. There simply is not the demand for inexperienced recent graduates in the workforce here. A medical school would help, but we need to develop other industries here in Spokane.

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