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I for one don't think Albuquerque needs tall buildings to make it 'look nice'. They would take away from the impressive natural surroundings, IMO. I wouldn't want it to look more like every other big city. It looks great the way it is.
A six Flags is what the youth in albuquerque need! its not distroying its character..people need to stop coming up with excuses like "it will ruin the view of the mountains and the stars"?! wtf? first of all the view of the mountains will always be there those mountains are 11,000+ feet in elevation. And the excuse about the stars? what the hell... go out into your backyard and you can see the stars from there. Having taller skyscrapers and better buildings isnt such a bad idea! Albuquerque is growing so fast wheather or not you like it, and i'm glad there building that 40 story skysraper its what we need, were not a little city anymore!
I was born and raised here and i'm proud of that fact, and if people arent in for the whole "development thing" then leave go somewhere else its 2008 for christ sake!
I think the issue with stars would be light pollution. (see: cities that are huge)
They need to clean it up. Many parts of the city are extremely trashy and dirty looking. The only exceptions to this seem to be parts of the Northeast Heights and parts of the West Side.
It is *not* a very attractive city unless you just enjoy staring at various shades of brown and dust all day.
I for one don't think Albuquerque needs tall buildings to make it 'look nice'. They would take away from the impressive natural surroundings, IMO. I wouldn't want it to look more like every other big city. It looks great the way it is.
not to make it look nice but to make it look like a healthy lively downtown, to me the small downtown we have gives us a smaller town look and a suburban feel, like its all just one big town and shows a lack of money and progressive thinking, instead they just wanna put a spread out building on all kinds of land and take up valuable space.
They need to clean it up. Many parts of the city are extremely trashy and dirty looking. The only exceptions to this seem to be parts of the Northeast Heights and parts of the West Side.
It is *not* a very attractive city unless you just enjoy staring at various shades of brown and dust all day.
Like any American city... there are run-down areas.
I for one would trade green for brown any day, but that may just be me (although I doubt it).
LOL. Am I missing something here? Except in the winter, I don't find ABQ very brown, fairly green actually (well, for a desert town), and not that dusty. Hmmmm...
Like everyone else I'd love to see a more vibrant downtown with good reasons to go there. I don't think a collection of high rises makes a downtown, though. There are plenty of U.S. downtowns with big glassy buildings inhabited daytime and deserted by night. Is that what we want for ABQ?
And no deadening sports arenas, gouging out the texture of the place. Placing sports arenas downtown is outmoded urban planning and I intend to fully oppose the latest plans for an arena downtown.
I think it would be cool if ABQ had a more distinctive skyline, maybe had a signature building or something that really stood out. And lots more people living there, working there, shopping there, eating there, etc. etc.
downtown has to have somewhat of an appeal for people to want to live downtown, Id rather live downtown in a city like Denver before Albq., I know Denver is much bigger but its downtown is lively and interesting.
We have some ugly mid-rises with some sandwich shops and bars and thats about it, wheres the attraction.
LOL. Am I missing something here? Except in the winter, I don't find ABQ very brown, fairly green actually (well, for a desert town), and not that dusty. Hmmmm...
Yea, I live up near Juan Tabo and Indian School... and find it very dusty, dirty, and drab... like the rest of the city. I guess it just all depends on what you like. Las Vegas, which is in an even more arid desert... has more green.
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