I got a chuckle the other day when speaking with someone about the prospects for our Lincoln Center.
In general he was commenting about the number of people who think that something should be saved, but with someone else’s money.
Paraphrasing what he said:
I think we should have saved the Asarco stack, built a pool for the alligators at the base, put the star at the top, and run the street cars up and down the side of the stack. Then we could move the Lincoln Center to the location and use it as a gift shop.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Great idea. I think that should just about take care of everyone’s wish list. Although, you might want to consider adding a revamped Cohen Stadium to surround all of the above.
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Speaking of Cohen Stadium, does anyone know what will become of it now? Drove by there this weekend with a visitor and I was unable to supply an answer…
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For that answer, you need to check with a couple of the local developers and their puppets on city council who are now making all the development decisions related to taxpayer-owned property.
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I think we have enough old timers here who can tell you what Lincoln center was 100 yes ago it was part of Concordia ranch the city limits stopped there and roads were not paved Indians were in Ysleta lets do some real research this is a huge expensive joke. I would like to ask those who are pushing for saving this building where their family was 100 ago.lets get a city directory if it is art ok frame it and cut out the paintings andove them they are painted on plaster or make a cartoon and transfer them to another location.
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Ps. It was my grandfather who put the alligators in the pond at the park after he held an auction of circus animals for payment of a feed bill.it was done for a 50 cent bet
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This city can come up with the most hairbrained ideas on the myriad of ways to waste tax payer money. The Lincoln Center should be destroyed. El Paso tries to hold onto history as if historical locations are a tourism draw. But no on really cares to come here and see El Paso history. They spent all that money to renovate the Plaza Theater but left all the original seats. Due to the obesity epidemic, a large portion of El Paso doesn’t fit in the seats. And in the end, the theater really isn’t that nice.
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Many tourists love historic sites. Look at Old Mesilla. El Pasoans take out of town visitors there and tourists stop there. Ever been to Tombstone, Arizona? I have and won’t go back, but tourists love it. And there’s Larimer Square in Denver- an atmospheric street of old buildings with restaurants and shops that is very popular with locals as well as history buffs.
It’s a fact that people who are interested in history and historic places have tourist dollars to spend and it’s time El Paso got some of those dollars. I’m not sold on saving Lincoln Center because it’s too far from downtown. But the city has chosen to put resources (i.e. our tax money) into downtown, whether we like it or not. Saving the historic look downtown can only help the bottom line, even if drivers between San Antonio and California only get off I-10 long enough to eat lunch. Maybe they’ll like what they see and come back. If downtown has a chance of becoming a destination place for locals and tourists, there has to be more than a baseball stadium.
Sorry you don’t like the Plaza Theater, but lots of people do like it and can fit in the seats ok.
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Not JUST Obesity, but humans are taller and larger than they were 100 years ago when those seats were made.
Now add in some weight on those bigger bones and the seats are pinching our butts. (As well as too close for comfort to a sweating stranger with too much purfume on.)
If the seats do not fit 80% of the population then those seats and THAT business is not accessible.
Some old building restrooms used to have doors 18-24 inches wide and most cant get through them now.
Not just Handicap accessible but Unaccessible for most everyone. The seats at the Plaza Theater should be upgraded to be comfortable for a 2-3 hour show.
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I’d like seats with their OWN ARM RESTS on both sides !
And a good 24 inches wide so your arms dont have to keep adjusting to the arms next to you.
THAT is so distracting while trying to enjoy and get “into the show” and feel the flow of lights, music and content of what is on stage.
If a Private Person where to build a Brand New State of the Art live Theater with wide seats with their own arm rests, lets say, in east El Paso, near Montwood and Loop 375- Zaragosa Road area with plenty of free parking also, they would capture the entire live theater market, music, plays that come through here.
100 %.
Downtown would have to completely re-think their costly and outdated approach to doing business.
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