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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy
The money from selling the land fronting Congress for example could go to renovating and upkeep of the school and instead of a huge wall of nothing with some streetscaping leaving a big gap between SoCo and Riverside, we could have a continuation of SoCo with shops and restaurants. That stretch is a disconnect and it's creepy walking through there at night too.  |
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Originally Posted by StoOgE
I think the land along South Congress could be redeveloped into the sort of strip retail and dining that exists on the rest of South Congress.
Wouldn't be the worst thing to see that district extend up to Riverside, which could combine with some of the redevelopment South of the river.
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Originally Posted by lzppjb
After what jdawg said, and now Stooge, and looking at the map...I'm not opposed to selling off that little strip along Congress. There's nothing currently on it. Extending the South Congress district would be a positive, and it wouldn't hurt TSD since no buildings would have to be sold and torn down.
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Boom. Consensus. Props to Jdawgboy for the perfect proposal. I don't even have any additional thoughts on it, I just want to add another voice in favor of this concept. That strip of Congress really is an odd dead zone, and could easily support several additional quirky retail outlets and restaurants. SoCo is already overflowing with pedestrian traffic much of the time, so there's certainly demand for more of that type of thing. Of course there would be a risk of that land being grabbed by some remote corporate entity that doesn't give a flip about SoCo and wants to further the yuppification of 04, but even that would be better than a wall. And that beautiful landscaping would be really nice to have in front of stores and cafes, it would be a very sweet stretch of sidewalk!
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