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Originally Posted by miaht82
How about the city buying up that block next to Central Market and making their city offices walkable. Have a nice mixed use building with a small plaza on the side so that when people do walk, they have a place to sit and rest before they head back home. I think I expect too much from Alamo Heights, but the truth is that it is probably one of the only places in the Metro that can take on full development and get the high rents/costs for condos that new projects demand.
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That would be a great idea miah. I absolutely despise that shopping center. It's a great place for a mixed used project (something like the scale of the new Pearl apartment block). But unfortunately it will never happen:
1- Last year the city of AH tried a modest $10mill bond to build a new city hall at the current site. It was voted down because it was considered too ambitious by the tea-partyers.
2- The city of AH can't afford it. Land everywhere in AH is extremely expensive. If the city could sell its current land and move everything next to Central Market it might work out financially, but because of the water towers at the current location a complete move isn't practical.
3- The land in question is owned by mr scumbag himself, george geis (yes, the one from the 1221 Broadway). I don't know what his plans are for the property, but they certainly don't involve selling it to the city.
As for future urban improvements to A.H..... don't hold your breath. We just elected (and by we I mean not me) a tea bagger city council that is already proven itself as being pretty much useless even doing the regular city business. I agree that AH has enormous potential, but as you said, it's really just too much for AH.
edit: I thought AH had prohibited drive thrus for years already?