Text 24541, 43 rader
Skriven 2006-11-07 04:23:26 av John Hull (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 24540 av Mimi Gallandt (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Jackson
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Mimi Gallandt -> Stan Hardegree wrote:
 MG> Stan Hardegree -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 SH>>> I was on the top of Tank Hill for the first time in 31 years over the
 SH>>> weekend.  You wouldn't recognize it.

 MG>>> What's Tank Hill and why do they call it that?

 SH>> Tank Hill is where many of us took basic training at Fort Jackson.
 MG> It is so
 SH>> named because there is a large water tank at the top of the hill.
 MG> There
 SH>> are
 SH>> two water tanks there now, and all the ole WWII barracks are gone.

 MG> I hate it when they tear down buildings just because they're old. About
 MG> 6 months ago they torn down the Hotel San Diego that was built in the
 MG> 40s. Yeah, it had fallen into disrepair, but nowhere near as badly as
 MG> the buildings in the Gaslamp district had and the CCDC (Center City
 MG> Development Corporation)saved those buildings. For many years the
 MG> downtown branch of the SD library has needed more space, the city has
 MG> finally agreed to build them a new, larger building and while I
 MG> intellectually know and understand the needs I'm very worried that the
 MG> CCDC will decide they can make more money by tearing the "old" one
 MG> (opened in 1959) down than they can by leasing it out. I'm not really
 MG> sure how the CCDC managed to get so much power over the downtown
 MG> district of San Diego. You may be able to tell that I'm not one of their
 MG> fans.

Hotel San Diego has been on borrowed time for at least two decades. They were
arguing about whether to tear it down or remodel it back in the late 70's when
I was still out there.  Situated the way it was, it would've been a bear to
remodel, and very expensive.  It's doubtful that it would've been able to
compete with the newer high tech waterfront hotels south of Navy Pier.

CDCC is the outgrowth of the old controlled growth program that was implemented
under Pete Wilson tenure as mayor.  Everybody bitched about it but it was a
good thing because it kept the lid on the explosive growth that has ruined many
other cities.  After Pete was gone, Maureen O'Connor got in there and
everything went to hell.  Roger Hedgecock got things back on track, but by then
I was out of there.

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