corporate and a duly constituted municipal authority under § 462.425, with all the prescribed statutory power to exercise authority conferred upon it under the statutes and that it has in strict conformity with that authority instituted by its petition and statutory notice proceedings in eminent domain for the taking and condemnation of property owned by the appellant. It appears that the appellant's property is located in the city of St. Paul within a large area of land west and south of the state capitol grounds. It is within an area which has been duly declared to be a blighted slum and deteriorated area and identified as the "Western Redevelopment Area Project" as opposed to an equally large area on the other side of the capitol grounds known asthe "Eastern Redevelopment Area Project."[4]*402 The particular slum clearance project with which we are here concerned has become identified with the capitol approach program, which is designed to beautify the location upon which the state capitol and state office buildings are situated. The location of the state capitol and grounds, with its possibility for a park-like character, presented an advantageous and attractive focal point for the redevelopment of the area in which the appellant's property is located.
It appears from the exhibits that the tract of land in which the appellant's property is located consists of 66.55 acres. It is not clear from the record for what precise purpose it is intended to use the appellant's property. The plan submitted for the entire area comprehends the following uses:


 