https://m.startribune.com/nicollet-mall-once-an-urban-oasis-is-now-flowerless/600203268/?clmob=y&c=n&clmob=y&c=n
My two cents is all that white concrete feels like the combination of
freeway and a concrete ditch.
I remember bringing my family down on a sunny day to check it out only to
be blinded and overexposed.
Cheap cities use concrete, classic cities you want to linger in at least
use some stone and have plants not just trees.
Steven Clift