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Originally Posted by wburg
innov8: The focus of redevelopment efforts on K Street, over the past 50 years, is still based on "If we build new buildings, poor people will simply vanish." This didn't happen in the redevelopment era (promised replacement housing never appeared, so the people who lived in the hotels being demolished simply moved to the hotels a few blocks east, and the people sleeping on the streets on Second Street just moved their bedrolls in a similar manner) and it's not happening now.
Relocation of the bus station is an example: if you look at other cities, bus stations aren't a crime/homeless magnet if properly managed, but in Sacramento people simply assume that the bus station is the problem (talk about folks who need to look at other cities!) But what happens if we demolish the bus station and the street people fail to magically disappear?
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Uhhhh, that's great wberg, why are directing your comments at me?
Since you feel that some how I need to be brought into this discussion...
the bus station can go, and I mean torn down. I don't see
any structural quality in the building worth saving. It's bland compared to other
structures of the same time period. Plus, it really doe's not matter what you or I
want done with the building cause we don't own it... so prepare yourself
to see a high-rise there when it's time to redevelope the lot.