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Lafayette Park is an 11.5-acre park in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood, known for its panoramic views of the city, Alcatraz, and the Bay, and features playgrounds, tennis courts, and open lawns.

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44 years of continuous peaceful demonstration gone because someone else told him a blue weather tarp is ugly.

Trump's plan to create Guard units to quell civil unrest alarms experts One retired Guard vice chief calls the president's move 'extremely disturbing.'

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'Critics called Trump's desire to build a kind of rapid "reaction force" for civil unrest alarming, insisting his order pushes legal boundaries for the National Guard..'
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Trump's plan to create Guard units to quell civil unrest alarms experts One retired Guard vice chief calls the president's move 'extremely disturbing.'

Remembering Trump 1.0 violent reaction to the peaceful a protest #LafayettePark

'Critics called Trump's desire to build a kind of rapid "reaction force" for civil unrest alarming, insisting his order pushes legal boundaries for the National Guard...'
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Trump's plan to create Guard units to quell civil unrest alarms experts One retired Guard vice chief calls the president's move 'extremely disturbing.'

Remembering Trump 1.0 violent reaction to the peaceful a protest #LafayettePark

'Critics called Trump's desire to build a kind of rapid "reaction force" for civil unrest alarming, insisting his order pushes legal boundaries for the National Guard...'
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Trump's plan to create Guard units to quell civil unrest alarms experts One retired Guard vice chief calls the president's move 'extremely disturbing.'

Remembering Trump 1.0 violent reaction to the peaceful a protest #LafayettePark

'Critics called Trump's desire to build a kind of rapid "reaction force" for civil unrest alarming, insisting his order pushes legal boundaries for the National Guard...'
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Firm shifts plans for steam system near Lafayette Park playground area A Detroit heating and cooling company said it has shifted its plans to put ventilation stacks near the playground of an iconic downtown housing development. Detroit Thermal, which provides heating and cooling to buildings through an underground network, had planned to put ventilation stacks in the greenspace of Lafayette Park as part of a project to upgrade and reconnect a steam line to the 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative. Some residents balked at the plans, saying they don't want steam vents to be located in the playground and greenspace near where their kids play. Now, Detroit Thermal has shifted its plans. The firm won't put ventilation stacks in the Lafayette Park playground area. Harvey Hollins III, spokesman for Detroit Thermal, said the company had originally planned to place a stack in the playground area, but at least 50 feet from the playground equipment. "The updated plan has no stacks in the playground at all," he said in a statement. Detroit Thermal also no trees will be removed and noted that once the project is completed, the neighborhood landscape will be returned to its current form. The company also said that the two ventilation stacks required for the project will be shorter and narrower than traditional stacks and "will be positioned safely and unobtrusively." “For months, we’ve sought advice and guidance from our Lafayette Park neighbors and carefully developed a plan to provide clean, affordable, and reliable heat to the residents at 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative in a way that serves the entire Lafayette Park neighborhood,” Hollins III said in the press release. “Unfortunately, in recent days, our neighbors were besieged with inaccurate and misleading information.” Detroit Thermal said that years ago, the 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative disconnected from Detroit’s underground steam system and invested in a self-contained boiler system. The boilers failed, and the cooperative residents now rent boilers "at an extraordinary financial cost and with a high rate of outages," according to a press release. "The Cooperative board asked Detroit Thermal to reconnect the building because the current boiler system is not sustainable, and the 600 residents desperately need a heating solution for the coming winter," the company said. The city of Detroit's Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department recently issued a stop-work notice for the project, and Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield's office held a Zoom meeting on the issue on Monday. Detroit's Mies van der Rohe Historic District includes 186 cooperatively owned townhouses and courthouse units, along with three apartment towers, an elementary school, and a 13-acre park, according to miesdetroit.org. James Fidler, a board member of one of those cooperatives, the Nicolet Co-op, said on Wednesday afternoon that Detroit Thermal had yet to share any of the updated information with residents. "At least in my opinion, I wish that they would share these plans with the residents before they would share it with the media," he said. Fidler also clarified that children use the entire greenspace area to throw a ball, meet with friends or play hide-and-go-seek. "It's not just a play structure," he said. "It's really the whole area is being used by the children and by the community as a gathering space." Fidler said that "without seeing the actual plans" that Detroit Thermal is proposing, it's difficult to evaluate "what they're asking of us at this point." "We really just want to have a direct conversation, to be able to review the plans and ultimately work with them to find a better solution," he said. asnabes@detroitnews.com This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Firm shifts plans for steam system near Lafayette Park playground area

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Residents fight steam vent plan for historic Lafayette Park, leading Detroit to halt project The city of Detroit issued a stop work order for a project to upgrade a steam line in the historic Lafayette Park after a group of residents opposed the plan. Detroit Thermal has been planning to put in steam vents in the greenspace of the noted Mies van der Rohe Townhouses in Lafayette Park. The area is home to a playground and the famed architecture of Mies van der Rohe. Residents of the community don't want the vents to be located near where their kids play. Steam vents are pipes that emit steam that can be seen around downtown Detroit. Detroit Thermal provides heating and cooling to buildings through an underground network. The pipes planned for Lafayette Park are shorter and thinner than those in downtown Detroit and do not give off heat, according to Detroit Thermal. Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield's office held a Zoom meeting on the concerns of residents of the district Monday afternoon. Sheffield said the city's Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department (BSEED) issued a stop-work notice for the project, and the city's Department of Public Works will suspend the permit for the project. She said Detroit Thermal will have to seek approval from the city's Historic District Commission before resuming work. "I just wanted to let the community know that it was because of your inquiry that those actions were taken by BSEED and DPW," said Brian White, Sheffield's chief of staff. Kayla Rice, a spokesperson for Sheffield, said she believes the work stop for the project was issued Friday. Harvey Hollins III, spokesperson for Detroit Thermal, said in a statement the company had begun work on upgrading a steam line to reconnect the 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative, a multi-family complex, to its district steam system. "An important and high-demand project for our Lafayette Park neighbors, the city of Detroit approved the project with no objections," he said. "The project has been approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission, which regulates Michigan utilities for safety and reliability, and deemed in the public’s best interest." But, he said, "now under pressure from a few nearby residents," the city has halted the project. Hollins said the upgrade will "bring affordable, clean energy" to the neighborhood in "an entirely safe manner." He said the company will keep any above-ground equipment a safe distance from the playground. It is also "investigating an alternative that would eliminate the above-ground pipe all together." The Mies van der Rohe Townhouses district has four independent market-rate housing cooperatives. Sarah Hayosh, a resident of the Joliet Co-op, said at the meeting that she has two young children who use the park and greenspace daily. "I just want to emphasize that the issue is not just that the Detroit Thermal proposed to put place the steam vents, the dangerous steam vents, right immediately adjacent to our playground structures, but also we use our community green spaces. This is private community green space, and they have already destroyed our trees, right?" she said. Hayosh said several community leaders have voiced concerns for weeks, but her neighborhood further emphasized their concerns in the last week when it learned Detroit Thermal planned to continue construction. Michael Lamping posted in the chat for the Zoom call that many residents of 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative are "very much in favor and have a huge NEED for this steam reconnection project to move forward and take place." But Arlene Frank, president of the Nicolet Co-op, said Detroit Thermal's plan will "really destructively impact the landscaping" and "the historic nature" of the area. "It seems to me that there needs to be another path …. to provide what 1300 needs, which is heat for their members and their residents that they need, without the destruction of the grounds of a historic neighborhood and without the negative impact … for the children who play on the playground," she said. Janese Chapman, the city's Historic Designation Advisory Board's director, said the Detroit Historic Commission is going to have to have a meeting to "deal with the regulatory component of the issue with Detroit Thermal." White, Sheffield's chief of staff, said Detroit Thermal has taken the position that the Detroit Historic Commission doesn't have jurisdiction to regulate any aspect of a public utility. "They have stated that they are willing to pursue any legal remedies to support that position," he said. Hollins said Detroit Thermal is "sparing no expense to do this project safely. "We could have simply reenergized the existing pipeline but instead decided to insert new sleeved piping in some sections of the line and make other improvements in the interest of safety and reliability," he said. He said they "know and respect the compelling history of the neighborhood and will do nothing to undermine it." Lafayette Park is a neighborhood known for its postwar modernist architecture townhouses and high-rises. It lies northeast of downtown and is one of the earliest planned and most fully realized urban renewal projects of the mid-20th century. Started in 1956 and completed in stages through the 1960s, Lafayette Park is considered one of America's most successful post-World War II urban redevelopment projects, according to the Detroit Historical Society. The neighborhood consists of a 78-acre housing development designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, considered a master of modern architecture. It was founded by developer Herb Greenwald to help keep the middle class in the city. Alfred Caldwell designed the landscape and Ludwig Hilberseimer was involved in the urban design. asnabes@detroitnews.com This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Residents fight steam vent plan for historic Lafayette Park, leading Detroit to halt project

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