Comments on: From a ‘Good Block’ to a ‘Better Block’ in Downtown Colorado Springs

By: Steven Shepard

Steven Shepard — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:05:33 +0000

The photo of the 1950s view of Pikes Peak up Nevada to Cascade is nostalgic and brings back good memories for me. So to suggest that it may be skewed or flawed toward cars and not people becomes a bit difficult to accept. The only change or addition I would have made to that view would have been to not replace the Antler Hotel with the newer version that is short on asthetics and add a landscaped median down the length of the street. Perhaps even add sculpture or a water feature to the area. However, my suggestions don’t really contain a sustainable feature so they may not be the best. One issue of making any street space more people friendly in CS is the issue that people friendly spaces tend to attract the homeless which we have a lot of in CS. And while I would never suggest the homeless should be excluded their presence does bring the inevitable conflict with law enforcement and a city code which makes declares it is illegal to be homeless in Colorado Springs. Changes or improvement to any urban landscape only make sense when they are absolutely required or when they contribute back to the community with jobs and opportunity for that community. If our community is going to implement changes with the labor of foreign contractors and suppliers the protests should be loud and long.

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