More thoughts on the Nokomis building | Letter

I was reading the letter to editor from my friend, Patsy Rosenbach, about the outcome of the Nokomis building. Patsy raised several questions about the legal and ethics of the project to construct a dormitory-styled building in place of the Nokomis building, built in 1933 during the Great Depression by the Works Progress Administration for intended use as a library and use of the community.

January 8, 2016 2:40 pm

I was reading the letter to editor from my friend, Patsy Rosenbach, about the outcome of the Nokomis building. Patsy raised several questions about the legal and ethics of the project to construct a dormitory-styled building in place of the Nokomis building, built in 1933 during the Great Depression by the Works Progress Administration for intended use as a library and use of the community.

While much of the debate is about the historical significance of the Nokomis building, I was thinking about the proposed replacement dormitory-styled building. The architecture of such a building seems to be completely wrong for this neighborhood, located next to Redmond Transit Center. Redmond city planners are hell bent on driving the population density upwards to total gridlock without considering the impacts on Redmond’s residents.

Richard Morris

Redmond