The Highway to Nowhere – a brighter future?

As has been reported by multiple sources in recent history, the eminent domain catastrophe attempt at extending I-70 during the 1970’s – lovingly known as “the highway to nowhere” – is being positioned to host the the very, very expensive MTA Red Line. Notably, Baltimore Brew ran a piece shedding a spotlight on a new locale on the web known as Baltimorphosis, where the community at large is invited to throw up pie in the sky visions of what might be with regard to city planning, using Google Sketchup (or any other available sources) to create models of potential future development.

Peter Tocco, the creator of Baltimorphosis, offers up a professionally designed and Portland Oregonesque vision of what Franklin-Mulberry could look like:

Very, very nice. Buuuuuut ya know, it just doesn’t POP enough – not enough zazz for me. I’m thinking with all that open space, the city of Baltimore could use something a little more… XTREME.

Thus I submit to the general public, utilizing my 3rd grade Photoshop skills, that Franklin-Mulberry be reimagined as XTREME TOWN, an XTREME waterpark complete with the city’s largest putting green, an elephant petting zoo, XTREME snack hut (shown) and possible a rock wall on other end of the gultch. Granted I’m just spitballin’ here but THIS IS THE FUTURE OF BALTIMORE, PEOPLE! Other considerations include creating a Jurassic Park replica, a real-life Thunderdome, or just a good ol’ fashioned lava flow. The possibilities are endless.

Behold my vision, XTREME TOWN.

Imagination has inspired me. I want to create.