"The Northwest Shore is such a great resource – the waterfront is visually and physically accessible – but it's been wasted all these years. Whole residential streets are zoned for manufacturing, which has caused denigration of this valuable resource.
"It's time it stopped.
"Walking on Richmond Terrace is like walking through the story of our country. It was (a native American) footpath. It was here, during the Revolutionary War, that Gen. Sullivan had raids, skirmishes, and drove the British crazy. There was a redoubt on high ground near Alaska Street.
"The old Fountain Hotel was a famous inn where Frederick Douglas spoke and Jenny Lind sang,
"The true identity of the Northwest Shore has to emerge."