wholtone
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That has to be one of the ugliest buildings I've ever seen. Ugh. Please, none of that in OTR.
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I think this could probably be corrected. When I was in New Orleans there was an arch that you walked through to go into Armstrong Park. I think something similar, but not as gaudy, might work at Washington Park. Instead cars would drive under it, and it would be visible all the way down 13th street at night. http://candychang.com/armstrong/ Just a thought.
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On 12th street you have 1132 bar and the blue building it's in, which looks terrible--like OTR of a decade ago . Plus the crowd hanging around there can look intimidating.
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Wow. Didn't mean to cause such a ruckus. I think the pool debate has been beat to death. I'm tired of hearing about it too. For safety and cost the fountain was still the best choice. I still believe that, if you boiled everything down, the pool was really just symbolic. I'm not demonizing anyone, just making an observation. Let's move on.
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Beautiful park. I walked through it a few times before renovation (I usually walked around it) and it was in terrible shape. Trash was thrown absolutely EVERYWHERE. It was sad. The new park is night and day compared to the old park. Concerning the protestors, yes, it was illogical. The #2 cause of childhood death is drowning, a pool is expensive for the city to maintain, there's another pool a few blocks away, etc, etc. But when you explain this to them they'd come back with something completely irrational. What no one else seems to realize is that Josh Spring and Co. weren't actually protesting the pool, but that their request for a pool was ignored. That group knows they're becoming irrelevant in OTR, so it was more of an effort to flex some "muscle" to politicians and 3CDC. You have to remember that people like Josh Spring and Buddy Gray had huge power over OTR for decades, and the way they got what they wanted was by protesting and being annoying. As they continue to lose power in OTR expect more irrational protesting, no matter how excellent the project is.