RichardRich comment-61824 2012-01-02T23:40:53Z 2012-01-02T23:40:53Z Someone could have saved 19 minutes and 30 seconds by letting the train cross...then open for the Hornblower...but then, UP's signal controls are a national system. RichardRich 2012-01-02T23:40:53Z RichardRich comment-61233 2011-12-11T19:47:14Z 2011-12-11T19:47:14Z Bill is 100% correct about the rendering source (and the Q&R location). RichardRich 2011-12-11T19:47:14Z RichardRich comment-60749 2011-11-30T01:20:55Z 2011-11-30T01:20:55Z Looks SUPER! RichardRich 2011-11-30T01:20:55Z RichardRich comment-60542 2011-11-22T21:26:51Z 2011-11-22T21:26:51Z A request to the worldly...put aside your well earned cynisym for a paragraph or two...don your imaginations...and visualise me this... Sacramento's Cultural Arts Riverfront, a necklace of arts and culture stretched like pearls along the living artery of our river - the Crocker, an ode to the visual arts; a brand-new state-of-the art perfoming arts center; a large event center; museums; restaurants...all along a walkable riverfront promenade. A living riverfront. That's the proverbial bid-assed, hairy, audacious goal...but my worldy friends, one that is already in process. The Crocker is up and has reset expectations and impressions about Sacto's high-end art scene. The City is pushing through parts of the river promenade. The haute-restaurant scene has already reached Old Sac. The event center (my name for the long-winded Sports and Entertainment Center) is finally in the eye of a furious civic debate, which suggests it is finally real enough to sweat over. Ironically, the event center may also hold the keys to a new perfroming arts center on the river. If AEG is truly interested in operating a 20,000 seat event center where they may book, say, 200 shows a year...is it possible they would be even more interested if there were also 2,000 seat venue that could book another 400 shows a year, adding another stop for their touring acts? Other generations have left their marks on this city...rail, a raised grid, ag canning, the Citizen, Elks and Memorial Auditorium...the list is long. But for all those accomplishments, no one has opened the riverfront. Perhaps we can do that...and frankly, given the realities of economic development, we need the gravity of an event center to see that happen in this lifetime. I'm for it. The details of the deal, the place and the surroundings matter... a lot. But to say "no" closes many doors, while saying "yes" gives us the chance to do great things. RichardRich 2011-11-22T21:26:51Z RichardRich comment-60438 2011-11-20T22:04:04Z 2011-11-20T22:04:04Z This can work, and frankly it HAS worked. Four years ago, the City combined the Design, Preservation and Planning Commissions to review the Railyards project. The process was wildly successful as the focus and energy of the public, and the commissioners, lasered in on issues of joint concern. Duplicative comments were reduced, the developer (ahem...) could not play hide-the-ball between commissions and the synergies of bright minds in a room together lifted the level of dialogue. To Lisa's comment re "ugly" projects, the Design commission of course in not an aesthetics commission, but reviews project's conformation with existing guidelines...something City staff does already, and frankly, with the quality of the remaining staff, does very well. My only concern, expressed by Michael Notestine, is the logjam looming when the economy resumes. The seperate commissions worked well to stagger project reviews...when development resumes, staff staff (and certain activists) may wish they had another round or two of hearings to slow things down. Personally, I think it's a smart move. RichardRich 2011-11-20T22:04:04Z RichardRich comment-60112 2011-11-14T21:20:32Z 2011-11-14T21:20:32Z Hoo-ray and it's about time. Kudos to the City for seeing throught the fog of public opinions and making a meaninful investment in K Street. Next step...open K to the river. I'm sure that sounds impossible (and it might be) but the benefits of stronger links between downtown, Old Sac and the river are pretty fundamental to rivercity. RichardRich 2011-11-14T21:20:32Z RichardRich comment-55596 2011-08-22T17:00:52Z 2011-08-22T17:00:52Z Refreshingly, brazenly, artistically unique. It was a joy to listen to, and watch, such a human at work. RichardRich 2011-08-22T17:00:52Z RichardRich comment-53500 2011-07-18T16:11:23Z 2011-07-18T16:11:23Z Sacramento doesn't take a backseat to anyone in the airport business...it's beautiful, efficient, accessable and with a spanking new terminal B, we'll have an embarrasment of riches. Everyone involved with this job deserves a big regional party. Now, if we can get light rail to it... RichardRich 2011-07-18T16:11:23Z RichardRich comment-53416 2011-07-15T16:58:22Z 2011-07-15T16:58:22Z Part of the quality of life of a city is the quality of its civic amenities. Not the only part, but a big part. Our current event center is substandard. Sacramento is not. We deserve amenities of the calibre of our people. RichardRich 2011-07-15T16:58:22Z RichardRich comment-53391 2011-07-14T21:17:10Z 2011-07-14T21:17:10Z But for the issue of complexity, the closer these two projects are tied, the better. They are synergistic, aspirational and definingly urban . Beyond fostering regional co-operation (with it's many benefits) it opens the door to national attention and investment in the region. Let's be sure the calibre of the product matches the calibre of the participants. RichardRich 2011-07-14T21:17:10Z RichardRich comment-52921 2011-07-06T18:09:37Z 2011-07-06T18:09:37Z Glad to see this edgy art urban company coming to midtown! RichardRich 2011-07-06T18:09:37Z RichardRich comment-52798 2011-07-01T16:15:50Z 2011-07-01T16:15:50Z The study is wormwood for those incline to sink arguments for and against in to. The real benefit of a regional effort to bring an event center downtown...is the regional effort. Denver had regional cooperation and was able to leverage it into a first tier city people are proud of. RichardRich 2011-07-01T16:15:50Z RichardRich comment-52587 2011-06-25T00:51:20Z 2011-06-25T00:51:20Z Great place for my favorite MLK quote! "If a person is called to be a street sweeper, they should remove litter as Beethoven composed music, or Shakespear wrote poetry or Michelangelo painted. They should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, HERE lives a great street sweeper!" ---Martin Luther King Jr. Ray has probably THE MOST IMPORTANT job in midtown...no sh-t. RichardRich 2011-06-25T00:51:20Z RichardRich comment-52553 2011-06-24T17:30:53Z 2011-06-24T17:30:53Z I'd second all that. Fran's a bridge builder and a finance specialist. Perfect choice. RichardRich 2011-06-24T17:30:53Z RichardRich comment-52526 2011-06-23T20:56:30Z 2011-06-23T20:56:30Z Discount the Railyards. Midtown is happening, Township 9 is happening, Discovery Science Center is happening, R Street is happening, K Street is happening, Setzer is happening, there's a hurricane of an event center process happening, Downtown Plaza will be happening someday soon, the new courthouse is happening, Sutter is happening, midtown-adjacent is happening. Beyond that, there are dozens of projects on the boards ready to happen, the AIA is about to launch a Sacramento aesthetic project. Collectively these will define this age in Sacramento and if what I've seen is true, we are headed into a very liveable future. As to your comment about are great cities really already done...good point. RichardRich 2011-06-23T20:56:30Z RichardRich comment-52525 2011-06-23T20:45:55Z 2011-06-23T20:45:55Z You're right on the money with respect to the unsustainabile nature of suburban development Rodney but harsh on this project in my opinion. It looks like their residential density is well north of 100 units per acre. Most of the grid is rejoicing at this project as a great step in the right direction. Later, if projects like this can create the buz we need to attract significant urban populations, we can go higher. RichardRich 2011-06-23T20:45:55Z RichardRich comment-52499 2011-06-23T19:01:27Z 2011-06-23T19:01:27Z Not only "live"...live proud. Other cities we talk about emulating have already, largely, happened and while we get to experience their mojo, it's vicarious. Sac is in the making it happen phase...which is more exhilerating, more terrifying, more frustrating and more fulfilling in my opinion than living somewhere already done. RichardRich 2011-06-23T19:01:27Z RichardRich comment-52320 2011-06-17T17:15:17Z 2011-06-17T17:15:17Z This effort is so important. Forging regional cooperation would be the single most powerful economic tool for the Sacramento Valley since the refrigerated boxcar. If this group is able to break through the parochial thinking of "mine, mine, mine" and establish a regional framework, an event center is just the beginning. The framework could be used to push regional transit to Roseville, Davis and Elk Grove, alleviating our highway issues; engender the co-operative growth planning that SACOG, Valley Vision and every forward thinking organization has been urging for years; empower regional marketing efforts to attract the businesses, workforce and tourists we need to "grow the pie" so we're not eating each others businesses; fund the cultural amenities program we need to elevate our game to national standards. Great leaders have always said, "united we stand, divided we fall" and it's never been more true for us, here, than now. RichardRich 2011-06-17T17:15:17Z RichardRich comment-52249 2011-06-15T18:15:36Z 2011-06-15T18:15:36Z Can't wait for the penthouse experience. Right on my way home too... RichardRich 2011-06-15T18:15:36Z RichardRich comment-52142 2011-06-14T20:48:40Z 2011-06-14T20:48:40Z There's a great win for Natomas in moving the event center downtown PW, and that is clearing a perfectly sized and located parcel for a regional mall. The City wins from greater sales tax revenue and Natomas wins because much as it "loves" the arena, it'd "love" a new mall even better. RichardRich 2011-06-14T20:48:40Z RichardRich comment-51966 2011-06-10T20:39:54Z 2011-06-10T20:39:54Z Classic, erroneous, simplistic finger pointing. For different reasons, neither Ray nor Gus are to blame here. Frankly, City leadership deserves praise for the conservatism they've shown over the years or this trauma could be much worse. If you must assign blame, start with the causes of the 2008 meltdown. RichardRich 2011-06-10T20:39:54Z RichardRich comment-51895 2011-06-09T20:48:09Z 2011-06-09T20:48:09Z I am totally bummed Squeeze Inn's coming to midtown. It's not that I'm against big chains, or that I'm a farm-to-table type, or that being across the street from the Sacramento Ballet it may impact the dancer's lifts...no, I'm bummed because my diet was going so well. GIMME A SQUEEZE WITH CHEESE! RichardRich 2011-06-09T20:48:09Z RichardRich comment-51140 2011-05-25T16:51:31Z 2011-05-25T16:51:31Z Sacramento can do this. This, and more than this. RichardRich 2011-05-25T16:51:31Z RichardRich comment-50906 2011-05-20T18:06:20Z 2011-05-20T18:06:20Z The Rapture folks must have it right...only in the end days could evildevelopers and preservationistas join hands in joyous kumbaya. Seriously, this is fantastic news for everyone who loves downtown and a testiment (oops, there I go again) to the vision and effort of the City, Taylor and those rock stars Bay and Ali. RichardRich 2011-05-20T18:06:20Z RichardRich comment-48986 2011-04-11T15:16:21Z 2011-04-11T15:16:21Z Great move...this is an example of private sector leadership in Sacramento stepping up to provide the City some leverage. RichardRich 2011-04-11T15:16:21Z RichardRich comment-48790 2011-04-06T22:07:46Z 2011-04-06T22:07:46Z Where the sam hill is Russ Fehr and the Newsmakers?!?!? RichardRich 2011-04-06T22:07:46Z RichardRich comment-47950 2011-03-25T16:45:14Z 2011-03-25T16:45:14Z The $60m (and that's a wag) is tickets, parking, concessions, etc, not public funds. Those entertainment dollars can be redistributed to other groups that earn/attract ex-Kings fan's business. RichardRich 2011-03-25T16:45:14Z RichardRich comment-47909 2011-03-24T17:54:57Z 2011-03-24T17:54:57Z Between the King's players and owners, perhaps $60 million a year is siphoned out of the Sacramento economy. Imagine if even half of those entertainment dollars converted into tickets to our arts scene. The ballet kicks Kings butt anyway. RichardRich 2011-03-24T17:54:57Z RichardRich comment-47809 2011-03-22T19:55:56Z 2011-03-22T19:55:56Z It's remarkable to think Kim Mueller began LAW SCHOOL in 1992 and became a FEDERAL JUDGE in 2010. Wow. RichardRich 2011-03-22T19:55:56Z RichardRich comment-45477 2011-02-11T17:49:43Z 2011-02-11T17:49:43Z I hope the real estate deals go smoothly. RichardRich 2011-02-11T17:49:43Z RichardRich comment-44948 2011-02-02T17:48:05Z 2011-02-02T17:48:05Z As bad as the news was, and it's really, really bad...knowing the City has professionals like Russ Fehr and Leyne Millstein guiding Council is reassuring. You rarely see facts this dire presented so dispassionately. RichardRich 2011-02-02T17:48:05Z RichardRich comment-44868 2011-02-01T20:45:35Z 2011-02-01T20:45:35Z Nice recap of the best in-studio show yet, A.S. I found the mix of Carinne Binda's play-by-play and the relaxed interplay of the company subtly revealing...and that revelation invited the audience in to the production, connecting me to the art, like never before. Can't wait for opening night. RichardRich 2011-02-01T20:45:35Z RichardRich comment-44630 2011-01-31T01:34:26Z 2011-01-31T01:34:26Z Anthony, regarding use of the Railyards area at I-5...it's a tremendous opportunity. Consider the attributes; 1) it's contiguous to the Sacramento River and connects to the American River Parkway so connects directly to every bicyclist/jogger who has access to the parkway. A destination ready to be created. 2) It's dry in the winter. 3) it's shaded and cool in the summer. 4) Yes, it's "rumbly" with traffic, but you could also see that as viseral energy pumped into the environment constantly. Perhaps not great for a living room or office but GREAT for a dynamic, urban playground. And that could be the idea. A dynamic, "outdoor" urban playground, like Muscle Beach in Venice, but with a unique Sacramento vibe. BMX trials, skating, rock climbing, bike mecca, court games, weights, music, dance...a place where the active, fit, outdoor Sacramento lifestyle is celebrated, enabled, allowed and fostered. RichardRich 2011-01-31T01:34:26Z RichardRich comment-43702 2011-01-15T02:47:46Z 2011-01-15T02:47:46Z The financing is going to be rough but MAN I like these guys! RichardRich 2011-01-15T02:47:46Z RichardRich comment-43525 2011-01-12T23:48:49Z 2011-01-12T23:48:49Z Here here. One thing that struck me about Ryan's talk was her notice of people who have chosen to moved TO Sacto, and that they are the kind of forward focused souls who make a difference. When she asked for a raise of hands of these transplants, and over half the audience (of movers and shakers as David called them) raised their hands...well...it gave me great hope that the combination of native love (and energy) joined with transplanted energy (and love) will create that Sacramento worth being homesick for, or as I see it, the Sacramento it aspires to be. RichardRich 2011-01-12T23:48:49Z RichardRich comment-43203 2011-01-06T16:06:29Z 2011-01-06T16:06:29Z Governor' Browns recent comments that government services and work should be closer to the people...that is, shifting state functions to the county level...makes this idea even more timely. RichardRich 2011-01-06T16:06:29Z RichardRich comment-43202 2011-01-06T16:01:17Z 2011-01-06T16:01:17Z This is exactly the kind of context sensitive redevelopment a resurgent Sacramento deserves and Bay and Ali are exactly the right guys to do it. Hooray for them and a city staff that gets it. RichardRich 2011-01-06T16:01:17Z RichardRich comment-42299 2010-12-15T19:04:49Z 2010-12-15T19:04:49Z Ali Mackani is proof that societies advance on the backs of their most talented. We're lucky to have him here. RichardRich 2010-12-15T19:04:49Z RichardRich comment-42200 2010-12-13T16:20:59Z 2010-12-13T16:20:59Z Teriffic photography of a spectacular show! Hard to pick favorites but the clouds in #63 backing up Stephan Calka's leap add, oh, about 5,000 vertical feet. RichardRich 2010-12-13T16:20:59Z RichardRich comment-42093 2010-12-10T23:19:40Z 2010-12-10T23:19:40Z My favorite part about Dan is being freed from odering...jusy describe what you're in the mood for and let Dan create it...always a adventure...like "I'm feeling lucky" with Google. RichardRich 2010-12-10T23:19:40Z RichardRich comment-41375 2010-11-30T16:34:00Z 2010-11-30T16:34:00Z I tend to watch my neighborhood anyway, and occasionally take action. But the recent spate of shotgun robberies in midtown draws a circle around my home and our laws constrain us from defending against armed robbery. Descriptions of the perps or their cars would help watchful citizens assist SacPD. I appreciate not wanting to encourage copy-cats, but publishing those details could inform the "eyes on the streets" we tout as the key to safety. If that's what you're suggesting DWB, yes. RichardRich 2010-11-30T16:34:00Z RichardRich comment-40773 2010-11-16T22:35:59Z 2010-11-16T22:35:59Z For all the crap they've taken recently, here's an example of the Community Development Department doing a great job getting this treasure back open for the community. http://sacramento.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=21&event_id=126&meta_id=212493 RichardRich 2010-11-16T22:35:59Z RichardRich comment-40358 2010-11-11T04:24:54Z 2010-11-11T04:24:54Z Litigation is inevitable. RichardRich 2010-11-11T04:24:54Z RichardRich comment-40066 2010-11-04T21:49:30Z 2010-11-04T21:49:30Z "I doubt that any one of those self-proclaimed [Sacramento] "artists" is able to top the Kansas high school kids' creations shown below." You're kiddiing...right? RichardRich 2010-11-04T21:49:30Z RichardRich comment-39850 2010-11-01T15:51:48Z 2010-11-01T15:51:48Z Great piece. Elevating the profile of home is instinctive in humans...tree beds became savanah campfires became catherdrals. The problem with world-class is the elevation. We need a linguist to come up with a catchy two word phrase for "beautiful, diverse, historically rich and forward thinking City poised to become a major 21st century metropolis". Then we can discuss what drives that, how it's financed, what it feels like, looks like and even smells like...instead of the phrase. RichardRich 2010-11-01T15:51:48Z RichardRich comment-39734 2010-10-29T19:07:55Z 2010-10-29T19:07:55Z Forgive me if I'm misinterpreting tone here but people "educated in city planning/growth" travel in intellectual packs that during one era extoled the virtues of exclusionary zoning and the benefits of suburban flight. "Common folk" on the other hand, who include bankers, brain surgeons, ballet dancers and state employees, enable participatory democracy and everything else we love in life. RichardRich 2010-10-29T19:07:55Z RichardRich comment-39501 2010-10-25T17:13:56Z 2010-10-25T17:13:56Z Major transportation projects have always been publically subsidized (Federal interstates, state hwys, etc) but they've largely subsidized sprawl. The Intermodal subsidizes urban renewal...and if an event center can be part of that, we bring Federal and State dollars to Sacramento. Our tax dollars have long gone to build LA and SF, maybe its time some of theirs come here. RichardRich 2010-10-25T17:13:56Z RichardRich comment-39429 2010-10-23T20:28:39Z 2010-10-23T20:28:39Z Do you REALLY think republicans are against big government? Com'on Dale. It's a SYSTEM and both parties and everyone who interacts with the system jobs it to the maximum extent possible. Good for Ray for looking out for his new town. RichardRich 2010-10-23T20:28:39Z RichardRich comment-39428 2010-10-23T20:15:42Z 2010-10-23T20:15:42Z The beauty of the rendered concept (by Populous btw, they rarely get credit) is that it is not an arena. It is a intermodal transit center with Amtrak, RT, streetcars, buses, taxis and bike links. It is a visual and performing arts center, it is a historic public plaza where the mayor can hand out the keys to the city and it is an event center for 200+ nights of entertainments of all kinds. You don't want to fund the Maloof's part? Understood. The rest of it cement's Sacramento place as THE crossroads of the great Central Valley. RichardRich 2010-10-23T20:15:42Z RichardRich comment-39349 2010-10-22T16:54:12Z 2010-10-22T16:54:12Z Informed critiques stimulate great food experiences, yes? Super, Charlotte! RichardRich 2010-10-22T16:54:12Z RichardRich comment-39139 2010-10-19T16:48:38Z 2010-10-19T16:48:38Z Simpson's film was a beautiful homage to tragedy. While I tend to focus day-to-day on the blooming edge of growth...his art ful roundup of tramp poets reminded me humans, even those pouring themselves down the drain, are a facinating species. RichardRich 2010-10-19T16:48:38Z RichardRich comment-39072 2010-10-18T19:01:28Z 2010-10-18T19:01:28Z It's inspiring to see cutting edge dance brought to Sacramento. It's even better to hear choreographers from NYC, LA and SF pay homage to the quality of our dance company with their comments. RichardRich 2010-10-18T19:01:28Z RichardRich comment-38719 2010-10-13T00:02:54Z 2010-10-13T00:02:54Z One day, I hope we see cars on K all the way to the river. RichardRich 2010-10-13T00:02:54Z RichardRich comment-38654 2010-10-11T23:35:53Z 2010-10-11T23:35:53Z Much as I appreciate the Kings, I'd rather watch this crew...any day of the week. RichardRich 2010-10-11T23:35:53Z RichardRich comment-38219 2010-10-01T23:18:06Z 2010-10-01T23:18:06Z I was disappointed in Friedman's talk. Clearly canned, it was largely a rehash of his last book...or a sales pitch for it. Coming on the day he wrote another great op ed on the Tea Kettle movement, the talk failed to speak to the day, but instead to a well worn pitch. Don't get me wrong...I agree with 98% of what he says...I'm one of the "everybody's" that Mike McKeever refered to. There's something in the man's ability to express a problem/solution that I admire. It's just that this message was fresh two years ago. I was delighted by the crowd through. Sacramento is clearly a hotbed of green and if the mayor pulls off only one of his initiatives, I hope it is to help this become the emerald valley (ok, two...and an arts capitol). RichardRich 2010-10-01T23:18:06Z RichardRich comment-37581 2010-09-21T03:14:17Z 2010-09-21T03:14:17Z That's the scariest thing I've read in months. RichardRich 2010-09-21T03:14:17Z RichardRich comment-36928 2010-09-14T15:44:12Z 2010-09-14T15:44:12Z This is the kind of thinking we need Tom. I am a midtown resident who supports 2nd Saturday AND acknowledges there is a youth violence a problem afterhours. It's bigger than 2nd Saturday, and in my opinion needs to be addressed by going FORWARD socially, not retreating. RichardRich 2010-09-14T15:44:12Z RichardRich comment-36376 2010-09-09T17:06:27Z 2010-09-09T17:06:27Z The key metrics are "personal space" and "in your face". Maintaining the former is easy if you have just under 2' clear for each North American...but the latter can be tougher. You got some cretian across the way you'll want a lot more space. Course if it was Liv Tyler across the way...just sayin'. RichardRich 2010-09-09T17:06:27Z RichardRich comment-36374 2010-09-09T16:51:57Z 2010-09-09T16:51:57Z "Jobs' in public funding usually equal around $35k each...as this does. Touting jobs in this recession makes perfect sense. The fact is that while the economy is in recession, construction is in a depression with 40% unemployment and hundreds of thousands of skilled workers in desperate conditions. These infrastructure projects are a lifeline to an industry that built everything we interact with in life except where we hike. If a little smoke up the ass is the price we pay to put people to work...bring it. RichardRich 2010-09-09T16:51:57Z RichardRich comment-36337 2010-09-09T00:53:32Z 2010-09-09T00:53:32Z Don't give up Rhonda. I'm with those that say the community you want help FOR must take responsibility for their decisions. Surley the mayor and council and staff and police and parents and teachers and clergy and you and I can help...but in the end, the decisions to commit a crime are the responsibilities of those who commit them, not society's, not the mayor's. Just my opinion. RichardRich 2010-09-09T00:53:32Z RichardRich comment-36047 2010-09-02T16:16:47Z 2010-09-02T16:16:47Z “Her dream was Le Petit,” he said. “My dream was to make her happy.” Quote of the century. RichardRich 2010-09-02T16:16:47Z RichardRich comment-36046 2010-09-02T16:11:45Z 2010-09-02T16:11:45Z Not the glowing review Good Eats would want but a credit to Sactown's growing sophistication. I hope they smooth things out quickly, hope they hang in through the dip and hope that you will go back for another review Charlotte. RichardRich 2010-09-02T16:11:45Z RichardRich comment-35863 2010-08-30T18:54:04Z 2010-08-30T18:54:04Z Primitive humans would probably find divine provedence in this. Scientists, diffusion characteristics of water. Me? I vote for both. Very cool Marion. RichardRich 2010-08-30T18:54:04Z RichardRich comment-35801 2010-08-28T06:27:40Z 2010-08-28T06:27:40Z The best part of the evening, in my opinion, was that a couple hundred people who care about where this City is going, got together. This city is alive. Restore K Street? Hundreds turn out at parties to lobby for their favorite developer. Seriously, think about that. Favorite developer?!? Yep. Need an arena? Hundreds turn out and the web is full of opinions for and against, and every stripe in between. People debate the merits and follies of every proposal. We're clued in, we care, we talk about it like New Yorkers talk about the Mets and Yankees. Have a dead downtown mall? Have a cool underdeveloped rail street, or railyard, or historic hotel? Folks in this town are on it, have opinions, express them, lobby for and against them. Dustin and his buddies putting on a show for everyone (btw thanks Crest, thanks Cosmo) is just part of the menu of a redevelopment activist community that lives and loves the grid Sacramento. If this energy can be harnessed (and financed) what will happen here in the next decade will hone this city to an urban place where people across this country will be saying..."have you seen what's happening in SACRAMENTO?!" RichardRich 2010-08-28T06:27:40Z RichardRich comment-35771 2010-08-27T19:08:53Z 2010-08-27T19:08:53Z I think Herb Caen would have loved this. For those too young to remember the great SFChronical columnist, the shorthand meaning behind the comment is, Sacramento is really turning urban. RichardRich 2010-08-27T19:08:53Z RichardRich comment-34984 2010-08-17T16:38:36Z 2010-08-17T16:38:36Z Classic story right out of "It's a Wonderfull Life" but here Jimmy Stewert doesn't wake up. RichardRich 2010-08-17T16:38:36Z RichardRich comment-34738 2010-08-12T15:39:46Z 2010-08-12T15:39:46Z Super thorough reporting. Ironic that the best of intentions, unchecked, can squelch the simplest joys. RichardRich 2010-08-12T15:39:46Z RichardRich comment-34654 2010-08-11T15:25:42Z 2010-08-11T15:25:42Z Is it possible that with safe ground comes responsibility? Just an idea...The grid is littered with abandoned clothing, meals-on-the-streets, "tissues" and worse. Perhaps for safe ground an hour of community service. RichardRich 2010-08-11T15:25:42Z RichardRich comment-34653 2010-08-11T15:19:28Z 2010-08-11T15:19:28Z This Newz is part of why Sacto rocks. RichardRich 2010-08-11T15:19:28Z RichardRich comment-34334 2010-08-05T15:28:54Z 2010-08-05T15:28:54Z Every tribute, every "I love you man" deepens this tragedy. This is a faith shaker. RichardRich 2010-08-05T15:28:54Z RichardRich comment-33912 2010-07-30T17:47:53Z 2010-07-30T17:47:53Z Actually Mr. Curmudgeon, cities have been the natural living environment for humans for the past 5,000 years, excepting the past 50 or so when cheap energy seduced us into thinking, as you do now, that suburban living was the bomb. We don't need totalitarian measures to get people to congregate, we do it instinctively. Solitary cavemen were eaten. We do though, need to attract suburanists back to the center and that happens through good design and convenient lifestyles. So hang on. Cheer up. It's happening before your eyes and someday, your grandchildren will find the idea of living in a sterile faux tuscan subdivision as alien as you may think urban living is now. RichardRich 2010-07-30T17:47:53Z RichardRich comment-33194 2010-07-20T19:15:16Z 2010-07-20T19:15:16Z Whatever kind of tree it is, it is magnificent and worthy of having a neighborhood named after it. Did you notice when Mayor Fargo posed for the City of Trees calendar, it was the cover shot? RichardRich 2010-07-20T19:15:16Z RichardRich comment-33169 2010-07-20T15:07:22Z 2010-07-20T15:07:22Z Yipee, where is the camphour? RichardRich 2010-07-20T15:07:22Z RichardRich comment-32834 2010-07-14T20:20:38Z 2010-07-14T20:20:38Z Well...that's the politest ass whuping I've ever seen. RichardRich 2010-07-14T20:20:38Z RichardRich comment-32835 2010-07-14T19:26:18Z 2010-07-14T19:26:18Z With all the talk about knocking one out of the park, big kudos have to go to Bill Burg who left a big footprint on this K Street trek. RichardRich 2010-07-14T19:26:18Z RichardRich comment-32053 2010-07-02T21:37:56Z 2010-07-02T21:37:56Z I'd take that bet Ms Trapper. Pigs will fly before Bill Burg gets in cahoots with Mr Taylor, or ANY developer for that matter. He has one, demonstrated, consistent, public passion for making Sacramento better. While I'm at it, so has Mr. Taylor, and so has D&S-CFY, and so has Kipp Blewett. These folks have all put their butts on the line investing in downtown. Your achitectural sensibilities may not approve of their work but they're "in the arena" as Teddy Roosevelt liked to say...not on the sidelines casting aspersions about character. Sorry, you insulted the integrity of some of my friends. Rant out. RichardRich 2010-07-02T21:37:56Z RichardRich comment-31896 2010-06-30T21:47:01Z 2010-06-30T21:47:01Z In the past 10 years, 12 of 14 new professional arenas have located in their respective downtowns for the same reasons that major museums, performing arts theaters and commercial highrises do. Because downtown is where it's at. RichardRich 2010-06-30T21:47:01Z RichardRich comment-30914 2010-06-22T20:20:34Z 2010-06-22T20:20:34Z THAT would be news. RichardRich 2010-06-22T20:20:34Z RichardRich comment-30703 2010-06-18T18:01:42Z 2010-06-18T18:01:42Z Right on. RichardRich 2010-06-18T18:01:42Z RichardRich comment-30693 2010-06-18T15:58:32Z 2010-06-18T15:58:32Z The arts are a different animal than lives in public works. We mill out metrics for the funding process...but the real benefit lives in the connections between artist and audience. How do you quantify awareness? Arts will lead us into our future as a metropolis. SMAC is vital. RichardRich 2010-06-18T15:58:32Z RichardRich comment-30618 2010-06-17T19:44:12Z 2010-06-17T19:44:12Z So, will the Bazar be open THIS Saturday the 19th? RichardRich 2010-06-17T19:44:12Z RichardRich comment-30006 2010-06-11T14:57:39Z 2010-06-11T14:57:39Z Imagine the unmitigated joy of riding through Yosemite and flying off the Tioga! RichardRich 2010-06-11T14:57:39Z RichardRich comment-28927 2010-06-03T23:51:02Z 2010-06-03T23:51:02Z It's great to see the cooperation redevelopment of Sacramento waterfront engenders. If you're looking for symbols of how we come together...the river is one. RichardRich 2010-06-03T23:51:02Z RichardRich comment-28603 2010-05-29T21:55:33Z 2010-05-29T21:55:33Z For delicious pho closer to town give Harry's on 16th a try. RichardRich 2010-05-29T21:55:33Z RichardRich comment-28525 2010-05-28T18:55:18Z 2010-05-28T18:55:18Z Fantastic show, fantastic sustained effort. This was a year where where the arts community that wanted to show up, showed up, got invoved with the political machine and had an impact...like slam poetry recited in the audience...IMPACT! RichardRich 2010-05-28T18:55:18Z RichardRich comment-28264 2010-05-27T00:05:48Z 2010-05-27T00:05:48Z By the time the Mayor began "discriminating against the community" the council had listened for over an hour and a half to the community on this issue. I thought the Mayor and Council showed remarkable patience and restraint. There are some issues that overwhelm the process and this is one of them. Did you have something so unique or compelling to say that no one had already said? If so use this space to air it instead of this...which is beneath your usual contribution in my opinion. RichardRich 2010-05-27T00:05:48Z RichardRich comment-27429 2010-05-20T17:44:10Z 2010-05-20T17:44:10Z Note to SacPress. Hot story but this headliner is yesterdays news. Even the Bee has an update. RichardRich 2010-05-20T17:44:10Z RichardRich comment-27268 2010-05-19T02:15:23Z 2010-05-19T02:15:23Z The name, humor aside, is off-setting to some people who would like to work for constructive change but don't want their work demeaned by inference as nagging. Adopting that name conotes intent. RichardRich 2010-05-19T02:15:23Z RichardRich comment-27245 2010-05-18T21:19:03Z 2010-05-18T21:19:03Z Anyone familiar with the regulatory environment the building industry operates within knows that projects proceed or are halted by the interpretations of sometimes conflicting, often complex layers of overlapping regulations...not by greasy backroom deals made by galoots for hire...the simplistic and inflamitory opinions of most commentors notwithstanding. RichardRich 2010-05-18T21:19:03Z RichardRich comment-26873 2010-05-13T04:05:57Z 2010-05-13T04:05:57Z Perhaps the best close on SacPress in a long while Suzanne. Tender given the subject. Themed restaurants died a fast food death years ago of course...this one was just slow to go. K Street, the indigenous heart of downtown Sacto is better off for it. Imagine how cool a Tower Cafe would be there instead... RichardRich 2010-05-13T04:05:57Z RichardRich comment-26596 2010-05-10T14:57:23Z 2010-05-10T14:57:23Z When steel columns were first used, they were decorated to look like wood columns untill a new idiom evolved based on the essence of steel. It took a little time. The Crocker is evolving...it may take a little time. RichardRich 2010-05-10T14:57:23Z RichardRich comment-26479 2010-05-07T21:35:24Z 2010-05-07T21:35:24Z Sounds like you think she's going to take this contest. That's some of your most colorful language in weeks... RichardRich 2010-05-07T21:35:24Z RichardRich comment-26442 2010-05-07T04:01:45Z 2010-05-07T04:01:45Z Ray is an enormously positive human, a natural light bulb. Savy positioning on Roseville's part getting ready for the next upturn. RichardRich 2010-05-07T04:01:45Z RichardRich comment-26235 2010-05-04T21:00:48Z 2010-05-04T21:00:48Z This is already my favorite place in town! RichardRich 2010-05-04T21:00:48Z RichardRich comment-26205 2010-05-04T16:28:35Z 2010-05-04T16:28:35Z One of the most encouraging articles ever. Citizens taking action. Bravo! RichardRich 2010-05-04T16:28:35Z RichardRich comment-26147 2010-05-03T16:55:39Z 2010-05-03T16:55:39Z If we come to our senses and rein in suburban sprawl, downtown and midtown densities will be MUCH higher in the coming decades. In my mind the question is not how to retard urbanization, but how do we shape it. Frankly, objecting to every progressive issue (Old Soul, alley activation, logos...etc, etc, etc) dilutes the effectiveness of lobbying to preaserve what I assume is a genuine love of place. RichardRich 2010-05-03T16:55:39Z RichardRich comment-26015 2010-04-30T20:23:41Z 2010-04-30T20:23:41Z I'd love to hear more about 22 and H. Someone did a nice job dolling it up to at least LOOK haunted. RichardRich 2010-04-30T20:23:41Z RichardRich comment-25992 2010-04-30T15:06:10Z 2010-04-30T15:06:10Z The last time Sacramento thought this big clippers still ran the seas. This is exactly the stuff that made us great. RichardRich 2010-04-30T15:06:10Z RichardRich comment-25921 2010-04-29T21:05:59Z 2010-04-29T21:05:59Z Regardless of the well intentioned thoughts on what K Street SHOULD be, the market has spoken on the issue of circulation. It left. It left a decade ago. It didn't hold community meetings, it didn't outreach for concensus. It left. Sid Garcia-Herberger described it perfectly at Tuesday's CC meeting when she described the rejection after rejection she got trying to lease space around the Crest plaza because...there was no traffic on K. Maybe you think she doesn't really understand some deeper urban planning truth about K Street, and didn't describe the situation properly to the tenants she was trying to lease to...and maybe pigs can fly. If there is ANYONE in town that "gets" K Street, Sid does. There are many reasons for K Streets' decline and it will take many solutions to re-invent it, but from a tenants perspective, no one will lease space on it without auto traffic. Housing will help tremendously and that's in works. But even there...the private developers who will invest, and the City who will invest public funds BOTH agree auto circulation is necessary. If Sacramento had a derth of pedestrian friendly environments, maybe there'd be justification for prolonging this failed experiment...but it has miles of the finest walking streets anywhere. We all know it and love it. RichardRich 2010-04-29T21:05:59Z RichardRich comment-25919 2010-04-29T20:38:46Z 2010-04-29T20:38:46Z Try this...http://sacramentorailyards.com/slideShow/slideShow2.htm RichardRich 2010-04-29T20:38:46Z