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I also still worry about how the tower will feel among the buildings of the warehouse district, and I certainly hope that the beautiful wall of W. Superior Avenue is actually enhanced -- and not just interrupted by an exaggerated punctuation mark, especially one that is not only excessively vertical but also clad in such a way that it becomes too flimsy looking, appearing to belong in the culture and climate of the sunbelt.

If this is the direction they are going, well, so be it, though I still think it is a bit too tall and too blocky if it's going to be so tall. The important thing becomes, really, what the "paint museum" piece is like. It's got to be tall "enough", at the very least taller than the old post office and original library building, and it's got to be expressed as strong enough to hold its own and do justice to the square.