Tuesday July 17, 2007
Diagram of the Biscayne Blvd. streetscaping currently underway south of I-395. Gabriel has an overview of everything planned for this stretch, full of links and images. I still don’t see, though, how getting rid of the median parking (only “useless” if you’re not looking for a place to park, btw) around Bayside makes the road less daunting for pedestrians — the number of lanes isn’t changing. Also: a Metromover overhaul (replete with more heinous Photoshopping).
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Any surface parking is useless because we can think of hundreds of better public uses for the land. Surface Parking in a CBD is impractical and an eyesore.
With respect to the road becoming less daunting, I am assuming that major safety overhauls will take place, otherwise, you’re correct it will be just as bad as crossing Kendall Drive…
Can’t find the “heinous photoshopping” btw…
Sorry I should have explained it better . . . they’re using the Shadow/Highlight feature, but using it like a junior high school kid who just discovered it and is blown away by it’s “magic.”
I guess I agree with the parking thing. But they need to build a garage or something, because, honestly, on the weekend it’s almost impossible to park in that neighborhood — the lots and the Bayside garages are often 100% full.
Hey, I have an idea — what about if they dig a trench for Biscayne for part of the stretch, and create a public plaza pedestrian bridge (level with the ground) over it? Wasn’t there talk of doing something similar with I-395 at some point (at least the underground part)?