Build a 'bathtub' along 2nd St N to hold back the annual floods... something like what was built under the former NYC World Trade Center. Incorporate scenic overlooks for fishing/dining/sunning/etc on the river side of the concrete tub. Also on the river side add bike racks/x-country ski lockers, boat landings/tie-ups/snack kiosks etc. and incorporate stairwells into the structure leading up to skyway segments going over 2nd St, tieing the river side into our new city hall built atop the existing civic ctr parking lot (above sublevel parking)..Take pains to preserve the sight-line along 2nd Av N all the way over to Moorhead's Hjemkonst Center roof/sail by careful placement/design of the new city hall within the tub! (And of course 2nd St is inside the tub!) Hook these new skyway segments into the present system. Add colored glass to translucent roofs of new skyway to lift spirits during those bleak winter months. Design new city hall so that ground floor is wide open on the whole block. Glaze entire structure for all-weather comfort. (Government offices are further flood-proofed by starting at the 2nd level atop a new superblock-sized solarium/atrium/community space. Build a permanent flood gate in the tub for access down to the riverside for snow dumping/parking/future development atop piers/whatever...to the NE of the civic pkng lot. Build new arts center to the S of new city hall across 1st Av N - link into the skyway system. Skyway eventually extends into new development along NP & then over the RR tracks to the Fargo Hi-rise/apt. district by Main Ave. Move parking sublvevel under present Fryn Pan pkng lot, preserve two rows of surface diagnal parking in front of the complex. Build 2 rows of parallel mom & pops (on 2-levels)along Main Av w/apts/studios above. Connect the space between the mom & pops w/a glass solarium!