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Originally Posted by Keep-SA-Lame
Looks pretty good, it's just too bad parking was an afterthought in the planning process for the Tobin Center, I hope that doesn't hurt it's opening year.
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This is false. Parking was not an after-thought; it has just taken a long time to develop a plan for additional parking.
More than 5 years ago now I was working with COSA downtown real-estate for site selection for an additional Parking garage for the Tobin Center. This location was the Prime Target. Back then the problem was dealing with the First Baptist Church.
It is not that it was an afterthought, it is that it has taken a long time to come to fruition.
Make no mistake, there are a lot of parking garages in the area (within 3 blocks) of the center. The point of the Garage, was to have closer/premium parking options.
Below is a mock-up that was prduced for a meeting in January 2009 showing the same location as the prime location and the FBC parking lots as an alternate location, as well as a possible St Mark's parking garage (no idea what happened with this). It also shows some of the nearby garages that were interested in being open for shows.
