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Originally Posted by Paul in S.A TX
Castro speaks of a 24 hour downtown. Hemisfair would be one area that could pull that off. Several intimate pocket parts throughout Hemisfair would be better than it be mostly green space. A linear park trail throughout the park would work also. I'd rather see it built up to its maximum potential, residential high rises, retail, cultural, civic, etc. I also envision a world class museum and possibly a Aquarium, maybe a Sea World affiliation of some sort.
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All nice things, but don't misunderestimate the importance of green space in an urban area. People are human and need green space to keep their sanity when they live in an urban area. Living in New York I speak from experience. Once the land is built up with highrises the opportunity to use it for green space is gone forever. Plus, if all that land is deemed green, it puts the rest of the land downtown at a greater premium and all those parking lots suddenly look like better and better places to build up.