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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)
We need more tree cover around downtown. The riverwalk has plenty of cover but what about the rest of downtown. 0
2:32pm Jun 18, 2011
Where? All of Downtown San Antonio
By David Marotta
clean up travis park and put a fun place for children indoors , an arcade perhaps or a free movie theatre. dog park. 0
9:19am Jun 18, 2011
Where? travis park
By Steph Kolvick
Re-develope Hemisphere into an actual park 0
7:41am Jun 18, 2011
Where? Hemisphere Park
By Dre Pendarvis
Offer property owners bordering highways tax incentives to plant and maintain decorative trees. Trees provide shade, cool the area, and deprive taggers of their favorite wide open canvases 0
11:54pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? Highways 35, 37, 410, Hwy 90
By Christopher Norman
Rooftop greenspaces on Rivercenter and Convention Center roofs 0
7:36pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? rivercenter convention center
By Brandon Oliver
Re introduce polo to the City of San Antonio and bring back its place in history as the birthplace of the sport of polo in America. and the cornerstone of calvary training at Fort Sam. 0
6:57pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? Brackenridge Park .. Mission soccer fields or any city park fields.
By Ursula Pari
Re-design streets (wider where possible), sidewalks and curbs, including the alley ways downtown. Re-route main bus lines around downtown, build some strategic bus depots on the outskirts of downtown 1
6:48pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? All of downtown
By Leo Horton
Add amentities to Maverick Park like benches, public chess tables, a statue or fountain. Turn it into a high activity center like Hyde Park in Sydney. 1
5:37pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? Maverick Park
By Jesse Canedo
Turn the Institute of Texan Cultures into a centerpiece for Hemisfair the way the Met is for Central Park. Build a more attractive building that opens up right onto Durango. 1
5:17pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? Durango & Indianola
By Jesse Canedo
Turn San Pedro Creek into a linear park like Leon and Salado Creek and make it link with the Mission Reach of the river. 0
5:03pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? San Pedro Creek/West side of downtown
Put an actual square/plaza in Cattleman's Square. It'll make a great public space infront of VIA's multimodal center and help make the line more attractive to riders. 0
4:32pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? Medina St. & Houston
Add shade structures (umbrellas, etc.) and seating and food vendors and buskers 3
4:27pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? Convention Plaza - intersection of Commerce&Market&Alamo&Losoya
By Ben Brewer
A beach in HemisFair Park! (a la Paris Plage!) Incorporate Movies by Moonlight, vendors, beach chairs, sand and water features. 0
4:13pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? HemisFair Park
By Andi Rodriguez
More shade in the downtown by way of trees, awnings, canopies, and arcades. Require new buildings to provide a pleasant pedestrian experience to enjoy the lovely outdoor weather of San Antonio. 1
3:47pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? All of downtown
By One of the Many
Build a world-class, Riverwalk connected, Minor League baseball stadium. Cities like Memphis and Chattanooga have had great success bringing families downtown using this approach 0
2:08pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? Broadway and 281 or South of downtown
Turn Broadway into a tree lined avenue with expanded sidewalks and bike paths with room for a streetcar/lightrail line to connect River North to downtown core. 1
2:00pm Jun 17, 2011
Where? Broadway - within downtown loop
Line every single street with shade trees. 2
1:17pm Jun 17, 2011
