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Originally Posted by drummer
I agree with the idea of keeping one of them more natural - and I think lzppjb has a point that capitalizing on the natural beauty of the creek area doesn't have to diminish the natural feel of it. Of course, if restaurants, etc., were packed with a foot between one another, that'd be a little much, but every once in a while having a patio-style restaurant that emphasizes the creek, I think, would be a great addition. Austin could definitely pull it off, too, since natural beauty is a big draw to the area. It could certainly be done in an environmentally sensitive way to satisfy those who would just as well stop any and all development of any kind for fear of harming some currently unknown species...
Flood control would be a must before anything like that happened, of course - doesn't necessarily have to be a big, expensive tunnel (I'd rather tunnels be kept for a subway line....okay, just dreaming). Even so, something ought to be done. Good to hear that talks to that end are beginning/happening.
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There are enough backdoor entrances facing Shoal Creek that there could definitely be some patio venues along the creek south of Pease Park. But the pathways from 45th down through Pease Park need to stay the same. They're some interesting areas along the creek that don't even seem like they're in the middle of a big city, and they need to be kept semi-wild for maximum enjoyment. You could even extend them a little north of 45th, on past the state building up there. But it would be really nice to have a few stops along Shoal Creek south of Enfield to grab a snack and just relax for a while. Now you could theoretically develop the hell out of Waller Creek, and it could still be fun. They've already attempted to do that at certain places, and I don't find it to be unpleasant at all. I'm sure we've all wandered down parts of Waller Creek at one time or another and imagined what they could do with it. I can't wait to see how their attempts to make it a constantly flowing stream turn out. It has a lot of potential. I've had as much fun wandering along Waller Creek as I used to have wandering through all the secret tunnels under UT, on down to the Capitol and the Capitol Complex. Of course back in those days you could be sneaky enough to know where all the secret entrances were under the UT buildings and the UT fountains and in the State Capitol. (If you tried that now, I'm sure you would get shot by Homeland Security, so don't even think about it!)
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I literally could see this happening in Austin....and then in 60 years it would be some vacant dystopian skeleton.
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