Charrette
 

So, my city is having a charrette. I thought this was interesting, 'cause I've never heard of this. Apparently, a charrette is "an intensive planning session in which citizens, planners, and developers collaborate on a development."

The problem is we have this big ugly defunct copper smelting plant (ASARCO) which is smack dab in the middle of town. Toxic, ugly, smelly, mega-expensive to remediate (as in, billions of dollars); including a gigantic smoke stack tower visible from everywhere on my side of town, including my own porch. When it was built it was way out on the outskirts in the desert, but the town has grown up around it. The whole town would smell like sulfur. (Yes, the parallels to Hell have been made before). It's spawned all sorts of litigation, protests, and controversy. So, I guess now we are deciding what to do.

Hence, the charrette. Here's a lovely pic:

I like the barber pole painting theme.:right:

I predict that some people will say it's a landmark and should be preserved.

They should get giant women to use them as stripper poles.

(Removed - Apparently freedom of expression and of self is only allowed by some people. :))

GO PUT STUPID GOATSES IN YOUR OWN DAMN THREAD.

That's just gross and rude, and I'm going to request this thread be deleted.

Yeah, chode, that wasn't appropriate. No offense, please don't take this wrong, but it was a bit off.

Sorry for starting the derailing of the thread, Cloud. :(

Do you know if you can go up in the towers? That would be interesting to see.

I don't even know who the moderators are to ask, dammit.

ETA: okay, request sent.

The public certainly can't. I suppose there's some maintenance access, but you wouldn't want to.

I suppose not, but I'm always fascinated by spaces like that. I was thinking of HLJ saying some would want to declare it a landmark, and wondering if there was something interesting they could do along those lines.

Maybe they could use the stack to mount a wind turbine.

Just a note: I thanked DVC for removing the offensive pic and we're good. There's no doubt that the ASARCO stack is rather phallic, which I'm sure is what prompted his response.

I was really commenting on the cool new (for me) word and concept of "charrette." Has anyone ever heard this term?

I've heard the term used as design charrette in the energy industry.

kind of like a design storm, eh? cool.

Charette's was an art and drafting supply retailer. Out of business now.