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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy
I'm glad this one isn't moving forward. I hope during this "down time, the city can push foward with a plan to preserve 4th between Colorado and Lavaca on both sides. Say what you will but Downtown wouldn't be what it is today without the likes of the Warehouse District or 6th or Red River. We still need entertainment blocks scattered within DT or it will just be bland with no character, nothing to keep residents or visitors wanting to be out. We don't need every section of DT built up with skyscrapers. I think blocks like this give better viewing of the surrounding towers anyways.
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I semi agree in that I'm glad this plan isn't going through, a great club is going to stay and the street won't be dealing with a "chef driven" restaurant on the corner, but I don't think it's impossible to build up downtown while keeping these spaces.
The plan was, imo, heavily in OCH's favor only, when it could be configured to have space for both bars same as anything being built right now on Rainey. I will concede though that even those are watered down in a way I don't think they need to be.
I do agree that if we don't have space for the amenities that make downtown the destination it's been we will be left with a dead zone, but It's entirely within a developers ability to plan a tower that provides those spaces and homes/offices above them.