Seth Beecher Director of Opportunity
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I’ll be brief. I’ve read the communications between the neighborhood and CABQ regarding the removal of the old diner at Triangle Park. Let’s face it, it’s clear, they’ve already made their decision – the diner will be moved to the huge failure Route 66 Center on West Central. The City does not care one bit about what the people and businesses of Nob Hill want – they have proven this over and over from administration to administration. Recently, I politely asked if some of the overgrown trees on Central could be removed (trimming does not work) in the instances where they completely obliterate business signage. I specifically mentioned our own Flying Star vintage neon, which has some historic value and charm. I was not asking for a hand out, I offered to pay to remove the tree and replant or buy a new tree in a more deserving place. There are about 7 trees on our block, the loss of one to uncover a very cool neon would not cause any significant changes to the block or the street canopy. And, a reminder that I was never consulted as to the type of trees that have grown ridiculously too large for a commercial street. This one tree makes it impossible to identify our business, the same issue for other businesses along Central Nob Hill. (And, to move large, exterior signage is unbelievably expensive, especially when the sign is in need of repair and updating.) A representative of the Mayor’s office told me in no uncertain terms that the tree was extremely valuable to the climate/environment, with no mention of my business’ wellbeing….
Again, the City decides to do what they want to do, whenever they want to do it. The “park” to replace the diner will take years, in the meantime Nob Hill will have an empty, weed infested, ugly space as its welcome to travelers. I figure they’ll get around to taking bids for designs and building a possible park in about 2 years from now.
Neighbors, it’s time to get a petition started, make some noise, get together on this. Time and again, being appropriate, proper, asking instead of demanding, following the channels yields exactly NOTHING, except the continued degradation of our beloved Nob Hill.
Jean Bernstein