What does lubbock need? (Houston, Dallas: best city, landscaping, movies)

[Westerner92]

Originally Posted by juggler

Vintage Township is nice, but yes, the other 99.5% of Lubbock could be considered sprawl. Lubbock is a VERY low density city (I think it's telling that almost every street has space-hogging alleys, and the vast majority of apartment complexes are only two stories.). Almost everyone drives to work, residential areas consist primarily of large housing subdivisions surrounded by local arterial streets full of strip malls. Mass transit is minimal and poorly utilized, as are bike lanes.

Yes, Lubbock could be considered sprawl, but what city built mostly after 1940 can't? Even cities with a dense urban core turn into sprawl just a couple of miles from the center. The good thing is that the downtown revitalization is going to bring condos and apartments into the city center. The North Overton area has apartments, shops, townhomes, and single-family homes all within the same neighborhood.

[Lucidus]

It needs a large and vibrant gay district. Seriously. I am not gay but I not a homophobe either. A gay district has a way of developing into a hip area full of art galleries, coffee shops, and book stores. A gay district will usually have a large number of adult males with a massive amount of disposable income that helps the economy of the city.

[case44]

Some other things I've thrown out before but will share again here: a tunnel underneath the most important buildings downtown (that's if they build more important buildings along the way), an arts district, a museum district, four concentrated city centers (downtown being the most prominent, of course, and each development taking on its own character and personality), and more space for bicycles and walkers. It's just too important to pass up.

They should also, even if it's not for another thirty or so years, set aside ample acres of land near Reese Technology Center for a new airport. And, no, I am not joking. It could happen.

[case44]

Hey, guys, here's one immediate link for you. It's about a new development just across Marsha Sharp from Jones AT&T Stadium.

Blueprint for America

[Westerner92]

Originally Posted by case44

Hey, guys, here's one immediate link for you. It's about a new development just across Marsha Sharp from Jones AT&T Stadium.

Blueprint for America

That looks interesting. Do you know if this is an actual plan being put into action, or is it just a proposal?

[case44]

Originally Posted by Westerner92

That looks interesting. Do you know if this is an actual plan being put into action, or is it just a proposal?

Right now, it's just a proposal. If put forth to the city council, it will be subject to a vote.

[TX_AGGIE13]

Originally Posted by Lucidus

It needs a large and vibrant gay district. Seriously. I am not gay but I not a homophobe either. A gay district has a way of developing into a hip area full of art galleries, coffee shops, and book stores. A gay district will usually have a large number of adult males with a massive amount of disposable income that helps the economy of the city.

Yea, but then there are gays......

[case44]

What Lubbock should also focus on, as they plan new neighborhoods, is have a different idea for each neighborhood as it is being built, with regards to structure. You wouldn't want to do every one of them the same way. And master-planning is now in vogue in a lot of cities, and Lubbock would be a great place to continue that trend. Because the city is on a strict grid system, they tend to have the same name of the street (and I'm talking sub-sides and cul-de-sacs now) that goes continuously throughout town. I think it's time the city come up with new names (a bunch of them) with the new developments as they go in. It won't be confusing if certain names are confined to a certain area.

[TX_AGGIE13]

I know I've put some advice on what Lubbock needs in this post, but I'll be honest with you, I think Lubbock is great how it is! I started my collegate career at A&M, so you can imagine how hard this is for me to say, but I almost went to Tech solely for the charachter of Lubbock. It's a great middle sized city, and ultimately like College Station a college town. I know not all of us are college students, or University faculty, but I stick beside those in Lubbock who are, and like Lubbock for what it is. The bigger, and simpily put more Lubbock becomes the less it will feel like this. Austin may disagree, but I liked the Austin of my childhood years much more than the mess in Austin today. Austin is not a "college town" anymore. With big bussiness, and growth also comes less charachter, and individualism. Not in every single case, but in the majority.

[shoe01]

It needs more jobs, a recreational ice hockey rink, more diversity in radio station ownership, to realize that that a certain industrial place SE of town has long outlived its economic justification (jmo), among other things.