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wrote in news:1121205663.052020.174230
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I frankly haven't seen a movement by a large portion of the citizens
for more capacity. MDW's size is 1 square mile and seems to due just
fine.
ORD takes GA, but ya gotta pay the fees. Land is expensive, so there's
a limit for any new fields within city limits. Outside, Lansing, Gary,
DPA, Shaumburg, Palwaukee, and Waukegan serve the region fine.

"Land is expensive." So let's take a wonderful historic public airport that
produced revenue and tear it down to install a public park so that people
can take their dogs to defacate..

OK. THAT makes sense!

Judah wrote:

"Land is expensive." So let's take a wonderful historic public airport that
produced revenue and tear it down to install a public park so that people
can take their dogs to defacate..

And steal the money that the Federal government gave us to improve another
airport to build the park. Then claim the other airport is now too congested and
ask for even more money to "fix" that problem.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

George Patterson wrote:
Judah wrote:

"Land is expensive." So let's take a wonderful historic public airport that
produced revenue and tear it down to install a public park so that people
can take their dogs to defacate..

Not cleaning up is a citable violation. The plan is for a "Nature
Park". IMHO,
Shelter Island in San Diego Bay is a good mixed-use project.


And steal the money that the Federal government gave us to improve another
airport to build the park. Then claim the other airport is now too congested and
ask for even more money to "fix" that problem.

Speaking of the Feds:

"The closed El Toro Marine base officially became private property
Tuesday as Lennar Corp., which won the 3,700-acre former military
airfield in an auction in February, closed escrow with the Navy.

The nation's third largest home builder also signed a development
agreement with the city of Irvine, which annexed the base in 2003 and
named its redevelopment plan the Orange County Great Park.

Under the agreement, Lennar donated 1,375 acres of the land to Irvine
for parks and roads and other public uses and committed to pay $200
million in development fees to fund public works on the site.

In return, Lennar gained rights to build as many as 3,400 homes and 3
million square feet of commercial, industrial and office space."

The fences drop at another public facility, JG.

In oups.com,
slavered, and posted this:
George Patterson wrote:
Judah wrote:

"Land is expensive." So let's take a wonderful historic public airport
that produced revenue and tear it down to install a public park so that
people can take their dogs to defacate..

Not cleaning up is a citable violation. The plan is for a "Nature
Park". IMHO,
Shelter Island in San Diego Bay is a good mixed-use project.



???? Shelter Island (note: not an island but more of a promontory) is
nothing but Hotels and private marinas....

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???? Shelter Island (note: not an island but more of a promontory) is
nothing but Hotels and private marinas....

IIRC, the eastt side of SI Drive is an open public park, the west side
has various private developments.

JG

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JG wrote:
I wrote:
???? Shelter Island (note: not an island but more of a promontory) is
nothing but Hotels and private marinas....

IIRC, the eastt side of SI Drive is an open public park, the west side
has various private developments.

1) The public park is only about 200 ft wide, and is then a rocky
outcrop into the bay. It is a mile long.
2) The park is truly useless as a park. A *good* park is one that
utilizes the area to provide recreational services to native area
dwellers; *they* are the ones that support the building and maintenance
of such parks. To tell the truth, I don't know many natives that
actually use the park, except for some of those that live in Pt.Loma to
use the boat launch. I was born and raised in SD, and have been to SI
once...to eat. It's a PITA to get to unless you are already there. The
park is really just a green grass and tree buffer from the bay to the
road for protection from tidal surges (the park is bay side...SI is
near the mouth of the bay). Harbor Island has one as well. There are
much better parks in the SD area than that. (Mission Bay Park, Torrey
Pines, Chula Vista's JStreet, Mission Beach [Belmont Roller Coaster],
Ocean Beach, Carlsbad State Beach, Coronado State Beach [bay and ocean
sides], etc etc....)

Like I said, Shelter Island is nothing really but hotels and private
marinas (with an odd restaurant or two thrown in for good measure).

P.S. If you wanted to give a "good" example of a multi-use area in San
Diego, I would have chosen the East Village area. There is:
Seaport Village (businesses and Public Bayside Park)
HighRise Condos
Convention Center
(new) Petco Park
Gaslamp Quarter (ahhh, I miss the Old Spaghetti Factory)
etc.

Humphrey's, ahem, music venue, looks busy this year:

07/21/05 Bruce Hornsby

Fri 07/22/05 Sinbad

Sat 07/23/05 Renee Austin

Sun 07/24/05 Poco

Wed 07/27/05 Dead Can Dance

Fri 07/29/05 Linda Eder

Sun 07/31/05 The B-52's

Mon 08/01/05 Jesse Winchester
Mon 08/01/05 Marc Cohn
Mon 08/01/05 Suzanne Vega

Tue 08/02/05 Chaka Khan

Wed 08/03/05 "B.B. King Blues Festival 2005"
Wed 08/03/05 Joe Bonamassa
Wed 08/03/05 Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Thu 08/04/05 Jacqui Naylor
Thu 08/04/05 Michael McDonald

Fri 08/05/05 Lonestar

Sun 08/07/05 Air Supply

Wed 08/10/05 The Temptations

Thu 08/11/05 John Hiatt
Thu 08/11/05 Shawn Colvin

Fri 08/12/05 Dana Carvey

Sat 08/13/05 The Farmers

Sun 08/14/05 Cecilio & Kapono

Mon 08/15/05 Cowboy Junkies
Mon 08/15/05 Dar Williams

Tue 08/16/05 Bobby McFerrin
Tue 08/16/05 Chick Corea

Wed 08/17/05 Judy Collins
Wed 08/17/05 Richie Havens

Thu 08/18/05 John Legend
Thu 08/18/05 Lyfe Jennings

Fri 08/19/05 "Dave Koz & Friends"
Fri 08/19/05 Jeffrey Osborne
Fri 08/19/05 Marc Antoine
Fri 08/19/05 Praful

Mon 08/22/05 Al Jarreau
Mon 08/22/05 Cassandra Wilson
Mon 08/22/05 The Rippingtons feat. Russ Freeman

Tue 08/23/05 Trio! Stanley Clarke, Bela Fleck & Jean-Luc Ponty

Thu 08/25/05 America
Thu 08/25/05 Pure Prairie League

Fri 08/26/05 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Sun 08/28/05 The Doobie Brothers

Mon 08/29/05 Johnny Clegg Featuring Juluka & Savuka