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Saturday, January 19, 2008
Gaia Foundation releases plans for “Sky Gardens” to replace The Banks Project
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
The Gaia Foundation has released early drawings of its plans for “Sky Gardens,” which it characterizes as an ecological alternative to the current plans for developing The Banks—Cincinnati’s prime river-front real estate. “This is an alternative to the current ugly and non-sustainable design on the Banks,” explained Molak. “I have been working on the details of the concept for the last 3 years…it combines the European hill town and Himalayan terraces for growing food.”
Here is a current vision of The Banks, as currently planned without the Gaia Foundation’s vision for long term ecological sustainability:
Photo courtesy of here.
Here is the vision Molak has been working on for three years:
Photo couresy of here.
“The current BANK committee should be disbanded,” claims Molak, “since it does not represent interests of the Cincinnati citizens but only of corporate entities, which have been having direct financial interests in the Banks. Mr. Castellini must resign since having him on the committee is like having a fox watching a chicken coop.”
“First, he was the beneficiary of the land deal in which he got from taxpayers,” continues Molak. “Since he is the owner of the Reds, he has no business deciding what goes into the Banks, since this has a direct financial impact on him making millions off the Cincinnati people.”
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19 Jan 2008 at 05:38 pm | #
and how will this spur growth, development and boost the areas economy and provide jobs and recreational opportunities in the cincinnati tax region to support all the programs we need
19 Jan 2008 at 07:17 pm | #
I especially like the blue hydroelectric paddle wheels laying sideways in the Ohio River and the use of a red windmill farm on the project’s western edge. The diverse use of Crayola’s eight colored markers is remarkable. I realize this isn’t drawn to scale, but tell us: How’d you do it in only three years?
By the way, the whole use of the “rainbow town” concept could easily be replicated for use…by the third grade class at John Eby’s boyhood Catholic grade school, St. Price Hill Chili.
Dr. Molak, I’d love to ask, how did you get a Ph.D. in kicked-in-the-head-by-a-horse? See you at the next potluck. I’ll bring my UFO-sighting stories. Can’t wait.
20 Jan 2008 at 12:12 am | #
Dean: now you have it- my apologies. I was completely wrong about just one thing- by posting this you show you actually DO have a sense of humor!
20 Jan 2008 at 09:44 am | #
Jason, why don’t you give a link to the entire email communique? I would, but as I was rolling on the floor in a fit of hysterical laughter; I accidentally hit the delete button.
I do have to admit the wind turbine thing over by PB Stadium is a good idea; unfortunately it wasn’t installed in time. They could have harnessed the all of the energy from the Bengal’s last gasp.
20 Jan 2008 at 02:26 pm | #
“Here is the vision Molak has been working on for three years:”
Let me get this straight: that is the version that he has been working on for three years? It is a crumpled up piece of paper that is lying on a map. It appears to be drawn with Crayola Markers. The artists renderings of this amazing ‘green’ option range from a large circle to a smaller circle. He also drew blue wagon wheels on the river and labeled them “hydro power”. This has to be joke!
20 Jan 2008 at 03:20 pm | #
I did not say Molak had been working on that particular drawing for 3 years.
20 Jan 2008 at 04:14 pm | #
Below is the first sentence from Dr.Molak’s professional bio on her web site. Teaming up with Dennis Kucinich tells all you need to know about this lady. First she wants to slaughter the historic treasure, the Rothenberg School , now use what is left of our riverfront as a vegetable garden. What is being smoked at these weekly POTluck dinners?
In 1999, Dr. Molak worked on the Kyoto Protocol as an Environmental Congressional Fellow for the Hon. Dennis Kucinich(OH-10), who wrote the forward for her book on FUNDAMENTALS OF RISK ANALYSIS AND RISK MANAGEMENT, published by the CRC Press in 1997.
20 Jan 2008 at 10:44 pm | #
“I did not say Molak had been working on that particular drawing for 3 years.”
You’d just think that if this guy was working an alternate plan for the banks for three years, he would have better conceptual model than a crude drawing on a piece of translucent paper.
This drawing/plan makes no sense. How could you put solar panels all around Great American Ballpark? What would be the point? The amount of power collected would not even be enough to power the lights on the stadium. Why would you want to waste prime real estate on this. Windmills by the Bengals practice facility would be impractical and have very little impact on the power grid. The ‘hydro power’ on the river simply would not work. If it was easy to generate power on a slow moving river without impacting boat traffic, this ‘hydro power’ would be everywhere.
It may be unworkable and impractical, but at least one can envision the existence of these ‘green’ power options in the banks. The parts of the drawing labeled East Rainbow Falls, West Rainbow Falls, East Rainbow Towers, and West Rainbow Towers make no sense at all. What the hell are these mythical waterfalls? How would they work and why would they be needed? What would the rainbow towers look like and what would they be used for? Would they vaguely resemble a poorly drawn circle?
I really think that this is a joke. I hope that this is a joke. I can’t believe that anyone would be stupid enough to take this design seriously.
20 Jan 2008 at 11:37 pm | #
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Hey, maybe the current banks corporate developers could incorporate the food garden and get that current agriculture use value property-tax give away that the country clubs get in eastern Hamilton County ?
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21 Jan 2008 at 01:09 pm | #
Hilarious!
Robert Fulghum would be proud!
21 Jan 2008 at 04:53 pm | #
Just a point of clarification, Vlasta Molek is female.
21 Jan 2008 at 08:48 pm | #
Sorry, did not know that. The article was not clear on the gender!
23 Jan 2008 at 01:38 pm | #
I had the opportunity to discuss many items with Vlasta back in the internet’s early days on Tri-State OnLine.
She had many a good idea, but they were usually doomed by her own arrogance.
She was convinced her PhD. somehow made her a demigod of some sort and her brash and dismissive attitude toward others fostered little in the way of cooperation or support for the ideas she presented.
Its really a shame, as she has many a good idea, but here inablity to work with others, accept the fact that others might actually have a good idea, and her general arrogance in regards to her PhD., doom her to be designated a “moonbat” by the TPTB.