The sociopaths running the city have decided that we’re getting a downtown arena, whether we need it or not. They
Category: Downtown
Joe Ely at Bowie Feathers Tonight
Doors at 7:00, show at 8:00. See you there.
Is El Paso run by sociopaths?
According to this blog on the website PsychCentral.com, here are six defining characteristics of sociopaths: Six Signs of a Sociopath
El Paso Bike Share
Bike share! What a great idea! I love to ride my bike. And now there’s rental bikes, all over the
VIP El Paso
Noted El Chuqueño commenter and international man of mystery Rex Kramer had this to say about the City’s current downtown
Downtown El Paso: Field of Dreams
Been downtown lately? There are lots of things happening downtown. Unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of people. Maybe the people
Downtown El Paso: Creating an Ambience
This morning I posted a piece about Sense of Place. Now I’m going to tell you about something similar: Ambience.
Sense of Place
Here’s a nugget from Urbanland, the magazine of the Urban Land Institute, written by Edward T. McMahon: In 2010, the
Urban Removal Redux
Demolition in our urban core not only destroys historic buildings, it destroys any chance of revitalizing downtown. What’s going to
Who Represents El Paso?
If you only read the local newspapers, and maybe watch the City Council meetings on the internet, you might not
The World is Round
What I’m about to suggest is heresy. What if downtown El Paso will never be a high-end destination? That’s the
Peter Svarzbien = Vendido
I lifted this from the El Paso County Historical Society’s Facebook page. I’m reprinting it without their permission. I don’t
Hysterical versus Historical
I’ve been working on a post about City Council refusing a state grant for an historical survey of downtown, but
“Trust me.”
How about this incredible decision by the Downtown Management District to refuse grant money from the Texas Historical Commission for
The Downtown Paradox
The buildings all sell for millions of dollars, but you can rent them for hundreds. Everybody’s holding out for the
The Wall Street Journal on Public Money for Professional Sports Stadiums
You guys may have missed the story in Monday’s Wall Street Journal titled “Pro Stadiums, Public Money.” It’s behind a
The Impending, Ongoing, QoL Bond Fiasco
Bad news for the Quality of Life Bond advocates. You got sold a pig in a poke. Remember when they
Mission Accomplished!
Well, the numbers are in, and the ballpark is a huge success. Attendance records have been broken, businesses are swarming
A Strategic Plan for Downtown Development
Here’s how you hyper-vitalize downtown El Paso, and develop its reputation as the coolest city in the Southwest: Buy the
More on Dwntwn
By now you may have read this story by David Crowder about the Downtown Management District shenanigans. To recap quickly,