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Originally Posted by alexjon
Dignowity is trash.
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Alex, when was the last time you drove through there?
Granted, I agree, 45 percent of
Dignowity is trashy, that includes the large industrial area just east of 37, but that's slowly changing and I'd probably have said 90% a few years back if what I've heard was true. Now it's a semi-diverse and almost eclectic neighborhood that is becoming those two things every passing day. It's an ever changing neighborhood.
The first time I ever encountered the Dig was last spring during Fiesta when I dropped some friends off downtown. I posted about it, asking what the name of the neighborhood around Dignowity Park was called because after driving through that area because of traffic and road closures I saw a bunch of homes that had been renovated or were being renovated and the homes and newly revitalizing neighborhood reminded me of a King William in genesis.
Now over a year later, it's still transforming.
With the recent road work on Commerce, the proposal to turn that nearby area into an A&E District as well as the BRAC process can only help in that transformation.
Putting Art in the park:
There's also the
Dignowity Pushcart Derby which has become quite popular the last couple of years within the neighborhood.
Check out these videos from this years Derby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5paJyOHsPVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNb9U5kT_mo
Here's the
On The Hill blog. Neat stuff.
I got these pictures from there.
Here's a story about three people, all well off, who moved from an affluent part of the city to Dignowity Hills. Not only did they move there, they also bought several homes in the neighborhood and fixed them up, some they practically saved from being tore down!
Here's the story by the On The Hill blogger:
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What the images don't tell is about the people, besides Gino, who saved Rose from winding up a pile of 100 yr old lumber. You see, Rose had been scheduled to be demolished by the city because they had decided that house was an unsafe structure and most likely she was.
But three people with a healthy dose of vision, guts and good business instincts thought that Rose was worth saving. Byron and Betty, who are married to each other and partner Bill had recently bought and restored several homes in the area. Some of these restored homes were former "crack" houses or had been used by the homeless to get out of the weather. They were in pretty bad shape.
But get this, they all moved into the neighborhood. They lifted stakes from what most folks in San Antonio would consider some of the most affluent parts of town to a neighborhood that real estate agents would say was "in transition".
What's even more amazing is that these folks were all in their 70's when they got into this! Talk about looking forward and taking on some pretty daunting risks at an age when most people are just coasting along waiting for the inevitable to happen.
So here I am, 55 yrs old, looking ahead to retirement and these people are out there trying to change the world at 75.....unbelievable! These guys are my heroes!
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Now I know after posting all that, you still can't possibly have the same opinion?
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sounds like its more on hold than "scrapped"....I have no doubt SA will get a W...I just hope it doesn't look cheap and dated like the one in Austin...
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