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Originally Posted by miaht82
You obviously didn't read everything I read because when I mention the Can Plant apartments, I mentioned the buildings around it, which means that I am definitely suggesting that it be mixed-use.
Why shouldn't it be a destination point? It already is. People go to Planet K, Taco Cabana, Jack in the Box, Good Time Charlies, etc., why should that be all that people are limited too? Every place should be maximized to its fullest potential so that the when the next developments come along on Broadway, the foot traffic would already be there and we wouldn't be looking at sprawl in the city. I'm not suggesting it have a "big-box" or major office tenant, but there's nothing wrong with having a better designed building and space for a couple of small shops to set up if need be.
I don't think that better urban design will draw people to buildings, I just know that better urban design draws people.
I have high expectations for EVERY area. The Pearl is set back further from Broadway and it has a highway between it and Broadway; should we just have plopped down suburban style buildings and left it at that? What about Big Tex? It dead-ends completely and is set back further from any street. Should those plans just be scrapped? Tendick runs over from Brackenridge to Eleanor, all hope is not lost when you reach these apartments.
The fact that it is next to an Army post should not set our bar of expectations any lower.
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Comparing the pearl and big tex to this apartment complex is Apples and oranges. The infrastructure at those reuses allows for those type of developments.
The most damning thing for that location is the dead end streets. If those roads led to New Braunfels Ave. Then I think this is has a different design and has a mix use component but that's not the case here. Both roads dead end because of FSH. That kills any and all traffic flow.
Btw, I don't see what Jack in the Box and TC have to do with your argument, at all. Using them makes no sense.
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