Browse Ideas: in Street life/vibrancy - Showing page 6 of 7 pages
Initiate a 'anti-panhandling' campaign throughout the downtown area! Bench mark cities that have taken an active approach to obliterating pan-handling from their downtown areas. 1
2:50pm Jun 29, 2011
Where? Downtown San Antonio
Annual Texas Food Truck Festival. Food trucks would line up along Commerce (Alamo to Main Plaza) , accompanied by live music and children's activities. San Antonians love a good festival! 11
12:33pm Jun 28, 2011
Where? Commerce
By Caroline Rush
Form some sort of schedule to change out the lights more often than Xmas and fiesta....such as the Empire State Building does in New York(see attachment) 1
6:02pm Jun 26, 2011
Where? Tower Life Building
By Brandon Oliver
to give tax abatements to any downtown area with a yard or a rooftop soley used for community gardening. Thus, at least once a week, once the garden is pregnant, there will be a local farmers market. 0
9:35am Jun 22, 2011
Where? downtown rooftops of willing businesses
By Julian Ramiro Coronado Villarreal
Create traffic circles in key locations downtown similar to ones in major cities such and NYC's Columbus Circle at Central Park. There would be a centerpiece such as the Trevi fountain in rome. 2
7:51pm Jun 21, 2011
Where? Good location would be around hemisfair park such as corner of Alamo/Durango Alamo/E. Market, or Alamo/E. Houston
Add more green features - a central rooftop community garden, more recycling stations, solar panels, and improved road surfaces for bicyclers/pedestrians(replace tire-catching storm drain grates) 2
11:34am Jun 21, 2011
Where? Downtown San Antonio
By Alexandra
Bring life to Travis Park by filling it with public art, a more vibrant variety of landscaping, and approved vendors (flowers, snowcones, musicians, etc.). Also maybe clean up bus stop on park corner. 1
7:04pm Jun 20, 2011
Where? Travis Park
By Kelly Beevers
Transform the creepy area underneath Hwy 281 into a covered linear park and event space. 1
11:24am Jun 20, 2011
Where? Hays Street Bridge at Hwy 281
By Lewis McNeel
have a area for bars, and clubs like 6th st in austin that have live music entertainment 0
11:00am Jun 19, 2011
Where? broadway
Close Houston Street from St. Marys or Soledad to the Alamo and make it a pedestrian mall. When earlier redesign made Houston Street 2 lanes it became useless to motorist. Add shade for summer months. 1
1:43am Jun 19, 2011
Where? Houston Street
By Jerry Perkins
Create live music venues in our downtown parks and allow musicians to enter a lottery to play there during lunch time/weekends. It doesn't have to be anything elaborate, just a defined area for music 1
9:16pm Jun 18, 2011
Where? Downtown parks (ie. Travis, Maverick, Milam)
Create a special tax district for Houston Commerce Sts to encourage small businesses--particularly retail and restaurants--to open. Our street level needs a portion of the energy found on the river. 0
11:07am Jun 18, 2011
Where? Houston and Commerce Streets, between Alamo Plaza and the River (or perhaps even as far west as Santa Rosa)
By Augie Ray
River Center Mall must be urged to redevelop the old Dillard. It sits in the center of downtown's visitor area--between the mall, Alamo and river walk--and is uninviting for the city's guests. 1
10:53am Jun 18, 2011
Where? Corner of Alamo Plaza and Commerce
By Augie Ray
Allow some color! Every building downtown is brown or tan. That is a reflection of a dull city. Destroy old buildings and create new modern and a lively structure with glass, steal, or even wood 6
7:54am Jun 18, 2011
Where? All buildings downtown
By Dre Pendarvis
Encourage the development of shops along east commerce Throughout the course of the last year two antique/oddity shops have opened and are doing well...this could be a draw for locals and visitors. 1
7:17pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? East Commerce...Chestnut through Hackberry
By Brandon Oliver
Bring more shops and restaurants to the downtown area. There are too many empty buildings. Have downtown streets with decor like New Braunfels, TX. More kid friendly places, utilize Hemifair Park. 0
6:23pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? Hemisfair Park, Street Decorations Year Around on Commerce
By Bryan
Get the Southwest School of Art to move its TERRIFIC gallery shop from the middle of the historic site out to the street. 1
4:01pm Jun 17, 2011
