tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post3947434415112429106..comments2023-12-28T03:36:52.452-06:00Comments on JBar Cycling: Sunday-Go-'RoundJBarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10612290032138592894noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post-68379683619499446392012-02-24T11:37:34.806-06:002012-02-24T11:37:34.806-06:00Protests in front of Episcopal School during paren...Protests in front of Episcopal School during parent pickup time would be effective. Let the parents explain to their kids what the school is doing. - viva Rebel Alliance!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post-15633709659432983192012-02-24T11:33:29.706-06:002012-02-24T11:33:29.706-06:00If Dillards were smart, they would have not only a...If Dillards were smart, they would have not only allowed Rivertrail devolpment on their property...but also opened up some retail/walking shops in their strip of it. A little strip with coffee, smoothies...whatever just a waiting game until they file Bankruptcy like every other dinosaur/we won't adapt to people's demands company. Businesses that don't care about community image don't last long in these days of instant communication. As for the school I they're already tinkering on bankruptcy, hope they don't look for the same community that your dicking over to bail them out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post-19770255994963030122012-02-24T07:51:42.952-06:002012-02-24T07:51:42.952-06:00The city had an opportunity to force ECS and Dilla...The city had an opportunity to force ECS and Dillards to leave a right of way for the trail on their property, since both of these developments had to have zoning variances. However in keeping with their policy of not doing anything that the big hitters in LR didn't want they passed. A prime example of the opposite side of this (i.e. doing what the big hitters want) is the plan to change the entrances into the Pleasant Ridge Shopping Center. The AHTD is against it, the LR Planning Authority is against it, so the City Directors voted for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post-55910152391213065022012-02-23T08:35:16.176-06:002012-02-23T08:35:16.176-06:00Getting a bridge across the tracks (presumably at ...Getting a bridge across the tracks (presumably at the Baring Cross railroad bridge)will be a great accomplishment. It will bring the Medical Mile into play, and I cn handle the mess behind the River Market more easily than the city streets. Get me across the tracks, and I can stop, look both ways, and cross Cantrell to the sidewalk in front of Episcopal Collegiate and then rdie down the sidewalk and under the viaduct.JBar, you mentioned a route along the tracks behind Episcopal Collegiate. Would that route use the bridge over Baring Cross bridge or a crossing over the tracks at some other location? Finally, any information about how the merging just east of the Jimerson Creek bridge of traffic from the west ramp off the BDB and the old trail will be handled?Pat Gossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post-28460163717494733032012-02-22T19:19:13.656-06:002012-02-22T19:19:13.656-06:00Yes, Josh, I was kidding you, and the situation is...Yes, Josh, I was kidding you, and the situation is bullshit.There is a well-established homeless camp right in front of the school. My tongue-in-cheek point was that they already have the undesirable element that they fear and that a trail would bring a stream of responsible citizenry (me, of course, and even you!) to the isolated area behind the school. <br />Sorry, but my style demands an occasional dose of sarcasm or irony. Don't make me go all literal on you!<br /><br />And, Chad, I consider everyone who uses the bridge and trails to be our allies. I ain't complainin'!JBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612290032138592894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post-62481808153887192232012-02-22T17:43:49.626-06:002012-02-22T17:43:49.626-06:00"School interests apparently fear the social ..."School interests apparently fear the social element that a bicycle-pedestrian path could bring to the culture rich location."<br /><br />Are you kidding me? Um. That social element is already using that corridor, first of all. Secondly, I'M that social element (so are you). Thirdly, I would think if they (Episcopal School or Dillards) deigned to investigate what they are actually talking about, they'd discover their assumptions are quite backwards. Put differently, I wonder how many of them use one of the three bridges you discuss, thus making themselves part of this "social element". Finally, (and I've said this before in this space) it's infuriating that no one thinks this is an appropriate use for Imminent Domain. Imagine a lessor "social element" in that space and imagine how fast Imminent Domain would go to work.Josh Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109806093040585419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319471012350330893.post-31445462608290733982012-02-22T08:20:39.329-06:002012-02-22T08:20:39.329-06:00You know, I used to think that Two Rivers would al...You know, I used to think that Two Rivers would alleviate some of the the BDB crowding. I have changed my mind. For the most part, it seems (to me) like Two Rivers is drawing out a totally new and previously unrepresented crowd. BDB is getting NLR and the Heights/Hillcrest area. Two rivers looks to be bringing out West LR. It may just be me, but long-leash dogs and children on training-wheels/scooters/roller blades/anything else with wheels, just kinda reminds me of the somewhat suburban nature of WLR. It is interesting how a bridge will draw people away from their TV and into the sunshine. I would love to see a demographic map showing from where different bridge users came. Also, yes, the bridges will be chaos soon as everyone comes out to get their requisite "outside fix".Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16315590491774529854noreply@blogger.com