I and I am sure others would like to understand the opposing argument to repairing the overhangs. I have a couple of particular businesses that I shop in uptown on a pretty regular basis and I for one find the overhangs very convenient on a rainy day or a hot sunny day. I also think that the overhangs give uptown a very unique look.
If there is any thing that turns me off to shopping uptown, it would be two things. First the parking meters have to go. On several occasions I have caught myself rushing myself out of a store or skipping a unplanned stop for lunch because I was worried about how much time I have left on the meter. And as far as the free lot, I have yet to ever find a parking spot in them during the week. The second pain in the butt about uptown is the people that illegally park and tie up traffic. Most times I won't even drive through uptown. I chose rather to park down the hill near the Dietz Diner or other out of the way places and walk.
In my opinion time would be much better spent trying to fix these problems then opposing fixing up the overhangs which is already set to go.
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The opposition is 2 fold.
Firstly, the overhangs obscure the historic features of the buildings and thus discourage tourism based on viewing old things.....[not a compelling argument for me]
Secondly, the money to renovate the overhangs is specifically for that, bringing them back up from their current decrepit state. There is no money to maintain them and they fall apart quite rapidly, so basically it's spending money for only a few years benefit.
Don't know how much I agree with the first argument. But I definitely see the point of the second. Thank you
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