Telephone cones at Headwaters?

The Journal Gazette’s Benjamin Lanka (blanka@jg.net) reports that complaints about plans to put a mobile phone tower in the West Central neighborhood of downtown Fort Wayne prompted Headwaters Park officials to dust off a nearly 20-year-old plan.

Geoff Paddock, park executive director, said he is looking for companies or individuals interested in financing two100-foot towers at the park. He said the towers have long been a part of the park’s plan and would be placed on the cul-de-sacs on Barr and Calhoun streets.

Paddock said the two stainless steel towers could cost $500,000 each.

The original plans called for observation decks, but Paddock said those would be eliminated because they could triple the costs of the structures and require staffing.

“Once you build one, it would be the natural response (of the public) to build the other,” he said.

Note: Anne “Scoop” Gregory says a picture of the telephone cones is worth a thousand words:

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