...Meanwhile the Port is about to lose hope!

[thelakelander]

I'm downtown pretty often.  In fact, I'll be at council tonight.

[Ocklawaha]

I think the Dames Point  was originally supposed to be 190-200 feet tall but was cut back to save some money. That sure was a great deal. Save a few million up front, but kill out cruise ship and cargo ship business in the process.

You might be right, I do remember a huge fight with the maritime interests to get them to make it higher, in the end a compromise of sorts was worked out. In retrospect, those marine industry movers and shakers saw this coming a long, long, time before FDOT or JTA/COJ. You could have the wolds largest city on the worlds most perfect waterways, but you won't have a port if the draft, both air and river, are at bare minimums. That's exactly where we find ourselves, and we've cashiered the land (what there was of it) between those obstacles and the ocean with a natural preserve.