A More Modest Alamo Plaza Proposal by Bob Rivard

In today's Rivard Report, Bob Rivard made an excellent suggestion and I would like to share it with you. The link is attached, read the whole thing. The highlights are: A modified design would assure unanimous passage by City Council and send a strong signal to State officials and the Texas Legislature that the project is on track and worthy of the requested $75 million funding in the new budget. It also would defuse community tensions and signal to citizens that City and State leaders want greater consensus in moving forward. 1. Signify the Boundary Walls of the Alamo and Mission San Antonio de Valero. That means locating the North Wall in its proper place, bisecting the Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building, not East Houston Street as now presented in the preliminary 2. Table the Glass Walls Concept. It seems ill-advised to proceed with any concept that has been so poorly received and considered publicly for such a short time period. 3. Leave the Trees. Let’s instead plant a park bench or two for every tree, and give people shaded places of respite to sit and consider history and their surroundings. 4. Get Real About Traffic. It doesn’t help the committee’s credibility to blithely wave away concerns about traffic flow with the plaza shut off to vehicles.