tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post5835387465826539950..comments2023-10-21T03:07:18.017-05:00Comments on Enclave: In order to incorporate Sulphur Dell history, the ballpark architects have demolished its commemorativesS-townMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-21264250563049158322014-04-16T14:34:24.554-05:002014-04-16T14:34:24.554-05:00At the community meeting at Farmers Market, archit...At the community meeting at Farmers Market, architects said that the greenway would have to be closed to the public during games and ballpark events because it would fall within the stadium footprint. There was really no opportunity given to ask follow-ups on what exactly that means. Follow-up questions had to be written on cards and meeting organizers picked which questions they would answer. It was all controlled and designed to fast-track this project with the most minimal interaction with the community.<br /><br />According to the drawings I have seen, the greenway will be a small pedestrian strip between the parking garage (hence, no parking lots), mixed-used development and the ballpark. Even if one can see a game from the greenway, a lot more people will be able to see it from their homes in the mixed use. I don't see the greenway as providing a lot of comfortable space for game-watching.<br /><br />For the council member to behave now as if she is beholden to the project managers--when she could have slowed things down and gotten clear answers last fall--is simply irresponsible on her part.S-townMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-26877061757847510202014-04-16T14:20:05.948-05:002014-04-16T14:20:05.948-05:00I expect we'll hear that the water feature was...I expect we'll hear that the water feature was demolished by mistake and will be rebuilt in some form or fashion nearby (whether that is actually the truth is another story). <br /><br />I think this is really indefensible, so elected officials will push responsibility off on someone else and jump in to fix the mess and claim credit.<br /><br />I don't know about the greenway. What makes one greenway a small corridor (good) versus a generic pass-through (bad). <br /><br />Note: I agree a greenway needs to have some "green" around it. <br /><br />I remember the comments about the greenway being closed on game day. Why was that? Did it traverse what was planned for a parking lot? I can't think of any other reason except that you could see in the stadium from the greenway (thus reducing the need to buy a ticket), and I don't think that's much of a reason at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-84212472132006773612014-04-16T11:06:42.856-05:002014-04-16T11:06:42.856-05:00I'll assume for the sake of argument that reas...I'll assume for the sake of argument that reasons for the fountain were not working when you were there have nothing to do with seasonal calendars or maintenance.<br /><br />Is a non-functioning fountain cause for its demolition? Or isn't repair preferable?<br /><br />I've seen the Bicentennial Mall fountains not functioning for longer periods of time than this much smaller one, but nobody ever talked about demolishing them. They were down a whole summer in repairs.<br /><br />But the problem here remains that nobody ever brought demolition up in the community meetings I went to. Demo plans should have been divulged with or without regard to whether the fountain was broken or not.<br /><br />By her Twitter exchanges with me, I gather that council member Erica Gilmore (who shepherded the ballpark plan through to approval) does not even know what the project manager had in mind when the fountain was demolished. How can that even happen?S-townMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-80905877025165711402014-04-16T10:33:28.259-05:002014-04-16T10:33:28.259-05:00That is disappointing but I haven't seen that ...That is disappointing but I haven't seen that feature clean and functioning in my past visits.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011486167552803036noreply@blogger.com