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Originally Posted by TakeFive
I may have to check into this Hydrology thing.
Never been but the Riverwalk looks nice in photos. It's a focal point of their convention business also.
While a fabulous and fun concept I suspect the costs would be prohibitive, especially when you consider wong's hydrology thingy. |
Hydrology is super nerdy awesome! It's one of the things that is most regionally distinctive. Ours is not a question of storm surges, levees, and low-lying swamps (as is the case in Amsterdam); but rather of extreme differentials in topography and the ability to move (or control the movement of) water from its source up high in elevation, to where we want to use it in lower, drier areas.
At this point, I'd agree it doesn't make any sense to build or rebuild the ground floor of buildings way down by Cherry Creek San Antonio-style. But that's not to say that the pedestrian environment couldn't be fixed up, or that space couldn't be made for other kinds of vendors, like food trucks or carts. I do think there are ways this space could be better used while also embracing the hydrology just the way it is.