tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923860625279115418.post8371648903418607008..comments2024-03-28T00:49:16.065-07:00Comments on The San Jose Blog: Wednesday Wishlist: High-rises Outside of DowntownJoshua Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146556924287585958noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923860625279115418.post-31635776178182470632012-01-01T22:26:23.756-08:002012-01-01T22:26:23.756-08:00We could definitely use some more parks and greene...We could definitely use some more parks and greenery. Groundwerx has been doing a pretty good job of adding new plants throughout Downtown, which at least is making streets more welcoming. Also, I think as soon as any high-rise residential building goes up around St. James park, the area will be substantially cleaned up.Joshua Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146556924287585958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923860625279115418.post-82502520904690174222012-01-01T11:13:05.324-08:002012-01-01T11:13:05.324-08:00I wish we would have more green areas accessible t...I wish we would have more green areas accessible to residents (not the homeless). Among downtown's charms are the wide sidewalks and trees. It would be wonderful to have usable green spaces (unfortunately, that always leads to stating the obvious: unless socio economic conditions improve and unless the city decides to reclaim its public areas from the homeless neither retail nor green spaces are going to happen). Stating another obvious: St. James Park.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923860625279115418.post-49915636665672126472011-12-28T22:36:17.274-08:002011-12-28T22:36:17.274-08:00There's already a nice high-rise over by the T...There's already a nice high-rise over by the Tamien light rail station. It tanked, and is now a dubious rental property. There won't be much high-rise development until the market firms up. Actually, it probably won't happen until the market has recovered, and then tanks *again.* That's the genius of real estate developers...Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556829769159728771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923860625279115418.post-2735870647706878322011-12-28T18:41:50.915-08:002011-12-28T18:41:50.915-08:00Make Moffett our airport in 15-20 years and you co...Make Moffett our airport in 15-20 years and you could see high-rises spout all over central San Jose. Beautiful 50-story residential high-rises overlooking "Lake Mineta" and downtown San Jose ...OK, enough dreaming for now ;)Tony D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03392232221747908883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923860625279115418.post-70180902970295484172011-12-28T15:09:48.324-08:002011-12-28T15:09:48.324-08:00Dead on about that area! 100% true.Dead on about that area! 100% true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923860625279115418.post-39899260193605972902011-12-28T09:36:17.265-08:002011-12-28T09:36:17.265-08:00The city also needs to get mixed use religion in t...The city also needs to get mixed use religion in the worst way. For example, North 1st and Julian should be a nice, clean, safe, energetic part of downtown, but the opportunity was completely blown because there is no retail in that area and none (or almost none) of the buildings are mixed use. The area looks nice, but the neighborhood has no life because there's nothing in the immediate vicinity to walk to. There have to be five hundred or more units of housing in six square blocks, and there's not a single coffee shop to serve the neighborhood. *So* much potential unrealized, and that's true for much of the South Bay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com