Leave the IMAX

Tue., May 2, 2017

Regarding the IMAX, it’s a beautiful building and as iconic to the park as the Pavilion and the Clocktower. Because of its proximity to the river, the spot cannot be built on so why not just leave it be a monument to Expo ‘74? Use the roof for an observation deck or let it be an Expo 74 museum; tearing it down serves no purpose.

The structural steel Blue Bridge is in the same category; iconic to the park with history to boot. Did you know it was originally used as the false-work for the Monroe Street Bridge? Remove the sidewalks, remove the heavy decking, make the pack-rust repairs, and paint the poor thing. We don’t need a new expensive faceless concrete bridge in that location.

Leonard Butters

Spokane

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