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" To: dalmanites. "Carbon deficit"? What a joke. "Carbon deficit" is as big a scam as Gore's movie. "

" Captain Fantastic, it needs to be completed right the first time. "

" Tripper, I agree. I've never seen anything like these new houses and buildings being put up, they are so cheap looking. I would hate to have a big earthquake or tornado here. "

" The peaceful grassy strip alongside the church will be turned into a sea of concrete, no grass to be seen at all. The tree at the side of the church has been given a death sentence as it will be "in the way" of development. Once again, Uptown Normal goes into carbon deficit. We still haven't seen those big replacement trees that were supposed to be planted after the beautiful trees at the nursery were cut down and never replaced. Developer says that current occupants will be given opportunity to lease new space. Hah! The cost will keep them from leasing space and Normal's small businesses will give way to generic mall stores. "

" FYI Guitar world has been at that location for more then 30 years. Hopefully they will not be priced out of the area. "

" Tripper, the building didn't start falling apart--the exterior decorative rock facing was falling off due to it not being installed properly. The city made them fix it immediately. It had nothing to do with "city engineers." "

" Let's hope the City Council has the intelligence to watch this carefully.

Will we get another throw-together like was built at Main and Hovey? Those buildings started falling apart 3 months after they were built, and the owners stuck around just long enough to make a profit, sell out, and leave town. When will the City Engineers learn a building can look "pretty" but still be a house of straw? "

" They are turning uptown/downtown normal into another strip mall. "