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I agree SA will not break the 1,000 foot barrier anytime soon, as we can't break six hundred now, (TOA escluded), but if Austin and OKC can go for 1,000+, I don't see why the SA forum shouldn't at least discuss it, or...well... hope? |
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Link project
Check this out from last November.
https://vickreyllc.com/about/news/li...ublic-approval Check out the video! https://youtu.be/1qfo_E2cvQY?si=wukMsYVTWWiwYKTM This project would be built along with Riverplace(Dream hotel) project. Developers are waiting for interest rates to go back down to get started. Link project is moving forward.:cheers: |
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According to demo docs from 2/20/24. The demolition was approved for 1220 E Commerce. I saw them starting today.
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Florida group plans sky-high attraction downtown
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Oh gross.
Also isn't there some kind of viewshed protection behind the Alamo? This is directly in line with the rear of the chapel. |
Hmmm. Considering these people have a track record of getting stuff built, and this gets rid of that ugly motel there... I'm not mad at it lol.
Realistically I don't think anything else of significance would get built on that lot either. I'd rather see something unique like this than a 4 story low-tier hotel like across the street. |
This is an excellent entertainment project that will be amazing in downtown San Antonio. The giant ferris wheel alone is amazing! Get this built, please!!! I recall a developer wanted to build a huge ferris wheel somewhere in SA years ago. And it was not downtown. This project comes with other forms of entertainment, like the miniature golf, etc. Get. It. Built!
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That's a really small space and wonder why not have purchased the connecting parking lot. I check out Apple Maps 3D view and looks like you are going to be able to see the ferris wheel behind the Alamo which I had thought there was an ordinance to not allow this. Atlanta has a 200 ft ferris wheel and can see how big it is.
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Certainly not a huge ferris wheel, but why not. That location is just a seedy motel right now, and SA hasn't had a ferris wheel since Playland Park closed 40 or so years ago.
Maybe Fiesta Texas has one, I don't know. But if so, it doesn't really count because it's in an expensive suburban amusement park that most city residents have never been to. |
This is the next generation of Alamo-area tourist traps.
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A 20 story view of...what? The Red Roof Inn? Parking lots? The back trees of the Alamo? The Tower, where you will get a superior view for probably less money? It's an awkward location, then again I can't imagine putting a ferris wheel anywhere downtown.
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I had mentioned in a quote a few weeks ago that when they and if they build a land bridge over IH 37 to connect Hemisfair and the Alamodome the ferris wheel could be built on top of the highway. The wheel would have a view of Hemisfair Park and tower! |
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Please someone tell me The Link, and this Ferris Wheel are an elaborate April Fools joke. The ferris wheel is an affront to the Alamo, and any serious proposal UTSA is planning. It would feel more appropriate on the Hemisphere site. Moreover, it is even more kitsch than whatever they are doing across from the Alamo and "The Link" (an otherwise okay, if not neccesary, idea wrapped in a disneyesque design proposal.) It will not age well. Is that a metal wave on the N. Flores Street bridge? There are some great moments in the proposal but that bridge is just bad and makes me question everything else. https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifesty...k-18489224.php My apologies to Disney.....they are actually good at kitsch. I hope The Link will not suffer the same fate as the Piazza d'Italia in (New Orleans). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza..._(New_Orleans) |
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