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Originally Posted by drummer
I think that's pretty cool, but why is it so far from the downtown area? Is there a draw to that particular spot or is the thought that 900 ft is high enough to not really matter?
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If this hypothetical beast were downtown, it would utterly dwarf the skyline.
The proposed location is good for this hypothetical wheel. It's on the river in the Mission Reach, about half a mile from Concepcion. It's right next to the Lone Star brewery someday redevelopment (I wonder if this wheel is the reason the property was pulled from auction). It's directly across the river (and already connected by a bridge) from
http://www.epicenterus.org/. It's near the soon-to-open
http://confluenceparksa.org/. When you start putting together all the pieces, the addition of this hypothetical wheel could end up changing the entire development dynamic of the Southside.