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Originally Posted by migol24
I can personally understand what MichaelB is saying. What Rainey St has going on is unique and its all the more unique that its right next to downtown (or is it considered downtown?).
Who knows if it will remain like that forever, I'm partial to it myself. But I can understand both sides of the story. It be nice if they keep it a mix of high rise and what its got going on now. That would help preserve its unique factor to it.
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It is officially apart of Downtown and is zoned CBD with no height restrctions, one of the very few areas that Downtown has like that. Im pretty sure that Rainey Center will be a quality development and in an area with no height restrictions, I see no reason why it cant be tall. I look at it from the environmental point of view that a tall structure with a small footprint has less of an environmental impact than a shorter building with a larger footprint.
What the city needs to work on is the road infrastructure. Remove parking completely off Rainey street, create a well designed parking garage or have the new developments require to have public parking spaces. Need better sidewalks as I see that area more of a pedestrian oriented district than car centric. The houses wont be bulldozed over with nothing but highrises, what is evolving is an eclectic mix of original single family homes converted into business and residential highrises rising above a forest of Pecan trees. I think that particular fabric between old and new will stay.