[Neighbors] Triangle Park

[Stephen Mullens]

Thank you, Jean, I agree completely.  The "channels" are nothing more than
a tool for the city to do whatever it wants.

On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM Jeff Hoehn via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Thank you Jean. A dose of reality helps.
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 7:14 AM Jean Bernstein via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
> neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
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