DOWNTOWN TAMPA ON THE MOVE (C'mon Jax...what are you waiting for?)

[heights unknown]

https://riverwalkplace.com/downtown-tampa-condo-would-rank-as-tallest-building-on-floridas-west-coast/

[Kerry]

It isn't just that one tower.

https://waterstreettampa.com/

[thelakelander]

Don't worry. Curry has promised that DT will grow vertical.....#winning

[Charles Hunter]

Multi-level vacant lots?

[thelakelander]

Saw grass can grow as high as 10 feet from what I hear. Compared to Bermuda grass, that's a super tall.

[Captain Zissou]

Bamboo can grow up to 100 feet.  We could use it to fill in some gaps in our skyline.  What you think HU?

[Kerry]

If we are going to go the grass route we need sonething that is practically maintence free.  Just astroturf everything and use plastic trees.

[Jason]

Isn't that the same lot that trump was planning a tower/complex some years back?

[thelakelander]

Yes it is.

[heights unknown]

LOLOLOLOL...you guys are killing me.

[heights unknown]

It isn't just that one tower.

https://waterstreettampa.com/

I'm jealous; I knew about the water street project, yep, every other major florida city's downtown is on the move, except Jax; we're doing better than we were 10 years ago (I guess), but we're still WAY behind the 8 ball compared to other major Florida cities.

[heights unknown]

Bamboo can grow up to 100 feet.  We could use it to fill in some gaps in our skyline.  What you think HU?

I'd be satisfied, and, eternally grateful for finally getting some height and "in fill" in our skyline; LOL.

[bl8jaxnative]

Note that Arris Tampa, 34 stories of million dollar condos, is being proposed on a prime spot downtown Tampa.  Why is it prime, because the city's CBD is connected with the river and the waterfront.  It's going to be next to some lovely riverfront parks.   

Maybe.... just maybe it's much more important for the long term health of Jacksonville and it's downtown to this same sort of riverfront park in it's CBD?

[bl8jaxnative]

The other project y'll are mentioning has been brewing for a decade.      It looks like it's finally going forward.  And despite the religious belief held by many of my beloved urbanistas, the empty lot it's being built on doesn't seem to be blocking it nor causing the rest of downtown to rot. 

That isn't surprising for those of us that recognize empty lots are __SYMPTOMS__ of larger currents, not the cause of them.

[thelakelander]

Note that Arris Tampa, 34 stories of million dollar condos, is being proposed on a prime spot downtown Tampa.  Why is it prime, because the city's CBD is connected with the river and the waterfront.  It's going to be next to some lovely riverfront parks.   

Maybe.... just maybe it's much more important for the long term health of Jacksonville and it's downtown to this same sort of riverfront park in it's CBD?

Have you been to Tampa? If you added up the acreage of the public spaces between it and DT Jax, I'd be surprised if Tampa has more. We even had our riverwalks a good 20 years before Tampa. Now, when we talk about activating existing public spaces, Tampa has been a pretty good job at that since 2000. Us, not so much.