When I heard it was going to be grass between the sidewalk and street instead of brick I wasn't that pleased, but it turned out really well. I just didn't have anything to use as a reference, since there are no grass boulevards downtown. I'm curious to see what happens when the trees get larger.Now if only you didn't have to walk in the street to get around the loading dock sticking out of the building to the south...
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The trees will create a place for the crows to land over the sidewalk as they get bigger. Soon, you will have to wear a hat to keep from being 'bombarded.'
You mean front walk??
It was kind of a sarcastic title.
Was an irrigation system installed? There needs to be a fence to keep the tennants and homeless people from ruining the sod.
What?
So Colunel are you aluding to a plan to keep SOLO depressed until the investors have all their ducks in a row? Cynical view of develoment in Davenport I know, but this wouldn't be the first community victimized by this strategy.
Really, why are they being so quiet about buying the properties? Why not buy them loudly so others know how great this area of town is?
What are the investors buy the properties for anyway? Are they planningon leveling a neighborhood?
This is nuts and typical of big investors. Great for Alexander, but don't expect the people living in that area (the upstanding folks) to break our arms patting them on the back. The homeowners in that area would be wise to get a lawyer on retainer now for when the big developer decides to pull blight taking on them. Seriously.
You supporters are the devil when it comes to taking advantage of decent and well established neighborhoods. Shame on you.
Fools...D1 paid for the sidewalks through the Downtown Partnership Board NOT Alexander. I'll give you that it's a decent rehab, but at look who funds it selectiveley -with our $. How come other -town buisness don't get this treatment?
...because they aren't renovating 5 story factories and drawing in young professionals?
QCI - please find out what kind of guarantee came with those trees and report back.
No need for an irrigation system when we have the JLCS boys running around the downtown area. With all those trees, they the homeless won't have to walk down to the petunia planters or take the elevator to the skywalk to drain their Milwalkee's Best.
I swear, some of you must lay awake at night thinking about homeless people.
No, QCI, we live in the central city where John Lewis has taken over and we deal with panhandlers not only in the street downtown, but on and around our properties. AND, we are pretty freaking sick of the bastard agency that lies to the public and portrays themselves as holy and wondeful. When, in fact, they are attracting homeless people to the central city, while the top dogs (namely Ridge, Clemenets, Ellenberger, etc are driving either out of town or NOLO to live because they wouldn't dare live SOLO with the people they attract and dump here.
You live in a secured building, the homeless can't get in, but I live in a home with an alley. Where the JLCS homeless men think it is just fine to sleep in, rummage through garbage in, panhandle in, and rip old people off in. Kate Ridge needs to come get her homeless men from my alley and give them a place to live. Perhaps her alley would be a good place.
Investigate JLCS and shut it down! It is ruining Davenport.
Homeless people in alleys aren't ruining Davenport; the people shooting it out at 14th and Gaines, Northwood Village, and Heatherton Drive are.
I'm NOT saying we don't have a homeless problem, although I'm sure you'll act as though I said that.
It just isn't the biggest problem Davenport is facing.
I heard today that JLCS is renting to people the Schricker kicks out. What? The Shricker takes the worst of the worst and if you get evicted from there, then you are pretty bad. JLCS can't fill up its units, but they claim there is a shortage of affordable housing so they keep the free money coming in to Davenport.
Again, QCI, you can't seem to think globally. The environment JLCS and its clients create fosters blight and crime. Think about it.
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