Could sculpture hide a cell-phone tower?

St. Croix River Valley's cell phone needs collide with river's scenic protection

February 21, 2011 at 11:49PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Typical Franconia Sculpture Park creation

Cell phone coverage in the St. Croix River Valley is spotty at best, so residents cheered the promise of expanded coverage by AT&T. But when it turned out that the 150 ft. tall tower would be visible for three-miles up and down the river -- which is a national scenic waterway -- lots of people got really upset.

Even an offer by Franconia Sculpture Park to disguise the offending tower as a sculpture didn't fly. Why? Because it would cost too much said AT&T.

The debate goes on, but before you launch your canoe this spring, read all about it here.

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