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Another thing is Staten, to be honest development really isn't snowballing here. There is very little office space being built that isn't medical or research related (mostly with UCSD). Now that I think about it there is maybe 1 major private sector non research industry structure being built right now. I think it has to do with biotech. The residential industry is not really taking off either, a couple of projects are getting going downtown now but I would hardly call it a "boom". One way I really think San Diego could get some things going is trying to attract Asian investment and tourism. To do this we will need to build on the once daily Tokyo flight we will be getting in December. I think a Shanghai, Seoul, Hong Kong, or Manila flight is a very good idea. What San Diego officials are hoping is that the new 787 Dreamliner can be Lindbergh's savior in that it can go long distances, and carry a decent amount of passengers on a short runway unlike the 747 which needs a much longer runway to take off fully loaded with fuel and passengers. Another possibility is that Palomar Airport in Carlsbad (a city which has a ton of hotels and some office space in its own right) can expand a bit and suck up a lot of the in California flights and possibly some flights from 3rd tier western destinations like Boise, Albuquerque etc. and relieve pressure from SAN so they can focus solely on flights from larger aircraft that are fully loaded to maximize efficiency. |
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Also, I read in another report, that it was going to be 17 floor and 370'. So if it's now 22 floors that would make it rise to 478', which isn't bad. The only negative is that it will add to the already "freshly mowed lawn" look of the skyline. Oh well, at least there are no balconies! http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...t1024x1024.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...t1024x1024.jpg http://www.utsandiego.com/photos/gal...use-design/#/0 |
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I'm all for a relocation of the airport, my whole interest in airports came from realizing it was why San Diego was limited to 500'
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Don't know why they can't expand Yuma or any other regional rural bases |
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http://www.ljcommons.com/imgs/render...-Elevation.jpg Groundbreaking occurred last month, and the building should be completed by 2014. |
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Again, non of their arguments are based on logic and hard data. SANDAG has, in fact, showed the math that BRT will actually decrease the amount of buses on Broadway. |
Thanks mello, and everyone else. I was under the impression that there was more of a boom happening than there may actually be, but nonetheless, I think that if they don't necessarily want to replace San Diego Int'l, they should consider upgrading another regional airport to pick up some of the slack.
The Port Authority of NY/NJ is doing something similar with Stewart International Airport near Newburgh in upstate NY. In order to relieve the perpetually overcrowded airports closer to and within New York City, they are upgrading Stewart to handle more passengers from the close-in counties of upstate New York that would otherwise travel all the way down to Laguardia, JFK or Newark. Not even because of the height limit, but as you said, to increase connections with other international destinations, especially in Asia. Interest by foreign investors is what's driving new development booms in other US cities (New York included) so San Diego can drive it's development in that way by physically reaching further out in the world. |
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^^^ I don't think they are ever going to build the larger towers. They had a hard enough time completing the shorter tower they have now at its shorter height after MCAS Miramar realized that the building was within their flight path.
I'm pretty sure that the Miramar height issue and the economy tanked the original 32 floor beauties and brought on the stout twin tower. |
Time to move Miramar damnit.
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Not a fan of this building, as you can probably tell. It was built with the cheapest possible materials, in the most uninspiring possible way. Not sure why I'm surprised though. ;) |
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We can all agree it would look better if it was twice as tall!
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Woah! That is different.
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