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Old Posted Sep 11, 2015, 9:05 PM
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Originally Posted by _Matt View Post
Agree, the city really needs to step up here. Couple of examples of poor use of public space is the Independent, Cirrus Logic R&D facility, back of the Marriott, back of the W hotel... Take a look down 3rd street between Colorado and Guadalupe. It's dead to pedestrians with features that should have been put in an alley way.
You are right about 3rd, that is one street which seems more of an afterthought with all the focus being along 2nd. The city really missed a great opportunity to go beyond 2nd and create a vibrant block grid. Colorado has improved, Lavaca and Guadalupe from 2nd through 4th have not and 3rd itself seems so odd and out of place compared to the surrounding streets.
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