Tribe.net. Local Connections Margo http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#da680594-0b79-4735-9e33-074227614689 2007-12-29T20:49:47Z 2007-12-29T20:49:47Z

The more changes that (safely) improve the range of night-life options here, the better. The fact that at least two restaurants will be open past 9:30p.m. is great. Not all of us are at home tucking in our children!!! The increase in parking rates/penalties sucks though.

Margo 2007-12-29T20:49:47Z eggchairsteve http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#41aee630-fcb0-402b-8a6b-bdfbe431a388 2007-12-29T05:45:39Z 2007-12-29T05:45:39Z

I'm still for the theater though. AND I'll be walking or riding my bike to it rather that driving and parking to say Jack London, Emeryville or Berkeley...

eggchairsteve 2007-12-29T05:45:39Z : Denisey, Phantom of Delight http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#44376607-70a7-40c1-a0db-8e0ffa966dc0 2007-12-28T01:35:21Z 2007-12-28T01:35:21Z

Precisely.

: Denisey, Phantom of Delight 2007-12-28T01:35:21Z In a kind http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#80ca1ebe-4af0-4f84-870b-e4adb9450104 2007-12-27T18:36:48Z 2007-12-27T18:36:48Z

yes and the two are related. They want to force people into the garage and need the funds to pay for their folly.

In a kind 2007-12-27T18:36:48Z : Denisey, Phantom of Delight http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#fdf0a00d-dbaa-478b-b6e9-52c04677727b 2007-12-27T04:44:04Z 2007-12-27T04:44:04Z

Has everyone heard that the price at the parking meters is going up? This is from november. I haven't heard anything lately. http://www.alamedasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2310&Itemid=10 Doubling the cost of the meters, probably in January, which is next week...

: Denisey, Phantom of Delight 2007-12-27T04:44:04Z In a kind http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#c46b1298-230e-4e72-b6a8-159cb48341ec 2007-12-27T03:38:20Z 2007-12-27T03:38:20Z

The parking garage was the MAIN part of this deal pushed by the merchants on Park street. They delusionally think that more people will come to shop beacuse now there is *UNlimited Parking*!!!!!!!!!! Of course many of the policies of the Park street merchants assn. ( Pillow Park Plaza the leader here) and their goons Johnson and Materessi, have driven out many quirky local businesses ( the used/new book store, antique stores) over the course of this project in the name of modernization. These businesses have in many cases been replaced by CHAIN (quiznos, starfucks, tomtino,) stores which then, ironically, does not make Alameda UNIQUE enough for people to drive here as a destination. Sadly, we the taxpayers will pay for it, as it all collapses financially in three years when the newness has worn off. IF they had gone to the compromise suggested, three theaters, two less floors onthe parking garage, it would not a such an eyesore.

In a kind 2007-12-27T03:38:20Z Lumina http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#7cff8b0c-3625-4d04-981f-8ad61655d613 2007-12-27T02:54:32Z 2007-12-27T02:54:32Z

I was concerned that all the little shops along that part of central would have to leave with the resulting higher leases since the theater will bring alot more money into that little area. I am happy to report that Viva Mexico is not going anywhere -- I love their burritos and breakfast burritos! The parking structure blocks the walking view you get of the church on Central. That sucks really...I never understood why they could not just renovate the theather but leave OUT the parking garage.... I think the new theater will definitely bring some much needed vibrancy to that business district.

Lumina 2007-12-27T02:54:32Z : Denisey, Phantom of Delight http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#c09cb65d-a09c-4d47-96df-e0b6dd63ed0b 2007-11-18T01:53:58Z 2007-11-18T01:53:58Z

I'll agree with the point about not having to leave the island for first run flicks. I would rather have seen that done by renovating the theatre as it was, and *maybe* a three level parking structure. I think what we've ended up with is an extreme version of what the island could have actually supported and afforded.

: Denisey, Phantom of Delight 2007-11-18T01:53:58Z Danger Angel http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#5310d1eb-4c49-4413-881f-db3237404c6d 2007-11-17T20:59:30Z 2007-11-17T20:59:30Z

On a meta level I'm against - parking, cars, megaplexes serving Hollywood, old buildings not being honored... but on a personal level I'm for it - I do go see first run movies and I'd rather see them here than in Emeryville or Jack London. I'll walk there and enjoy it.

Danger Angel 2007-11-17T20:59:30Z eggchairsteve http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#a4c9fef7-b4a3-48a4-8c9f-39c2a84ff587 2007-11-17T03:13:31Z 2007-11-17T03:13:31Z

I've lived in Alameda since my birth in 1970, I can remember seeing movies there as well as the movie theater at southshore... I'm 37 now, and I like movies a lot, I like the idea of walking to or riding my bike to a movie theater in Alameda so I've always been 100% for it (yes I know there is the Central Cinema, but dirty couches in an old mortuary just doesn't do it for me --well, maybe for art or cult films...with beer) Do I like the giant building? I don't know yet, we see when its finished... I wish they could've just renovated the old theatre, BUT if building the new part HAD to be done, I mean if that's what it takes to bring first run movies to the island, oh well... Alamedans have ALWAYS feared change, which can be both a good thing and a bad thing. In this case though, I personally just want to watch movies IN Alameda, so I'm willing to give it a try. ALSO, if a movie theatre can boost nightlife (restaurants, bars, lounges, PEDESTRIANS, community?) then I'm all for it... Maybe it'll be cool, maybe not, but I'll definately go when it opens, Alameda needs a movie theater, and least we still have the old theater and the big neon Alameda sign...the old and the new...

eggchairsteve 2007-11-17T03:13:31Z Beth aka Prue http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#fc4a92f2-71ff-4c46-bd85-f13e0e93efa3 2007-11-16T17:44:03Z 2007-11-16T17:44:03Z

I agree, although I like the library on the inside. But the parking structure completely throws of the feel of walking through those blocks; I wouldn't be surprised if it even changes the ecosystem slightly, blocking the wind and the sun in ways that will discomfort pedestrians. I feel in general that the shopping districts of Alameda aren't made for pedestrians (I HATE going from the main part of Southshore -- I don't use the other name--to the Post Office, for example.) The THEORY of getting tax money into Alameda from other cities is a good one, but the reality will either be more congestion (it's a small island with a LOT of people on it already) or an ugly structure getting not-enough use. Neither one is charming.

Beth aka Prue 2007-11-16T17:44:03Z Thistle http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#6ae20ddb-7271-42da-a923-d42515b397eb 2007-11-16T03:03:01Z 2007-11-16T03:03:01Z

I'm still against it. It's like trying to glue a monstrous metallic behemoth onto a tiny piece of filigree. It's too big, too modern. I prefer the old-fashioned quaintness of this town and the new structures just don't reflect what makes Alameda such a fun place to live. I also don't like the looks of the new library...it's very ugly.

Thistle 2007-11-16T03:03:01Z : Denisey, Phantom of Delight http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#2b7a9f05-5c76-4ea3-b72b-edc29734eb19 2007-11-10T22:35:05Z 2007-11-10T22:35:05Z

Against it. Still, maybe even more now, seeing what a hulking, ugly monolith the parking structure has become. Really annoyed with Oak being shut down during the week, too. For one shining and brief moment, I was happy that some attention would be paid to the lovely old theatre, but now, I'm saddened that so much money are being spent on a project the community will not be able to support financially. Parking on Park St will still be hard. Oo, and how many hadicapped parking spaces will be created in that structure? Even better - make half of the parking on Park St handicapped, since those are the folks that won't be able to park and walk to the bakery or what have you... Ugh...

: Denisey, Phantom of Delight 2007-11-10T22:35:05Z In a kind http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#7ca5c4f7-8dd4-403c-a20e-9451d753c3a4 2007-11-10T21:37:31Z 2007-11-10T21:37:31Z

just the same... It's too MASSIVE.

In a kind 2007-11-10T21:37:31Z c_death http://AlamNonAnon.tribe.net/thread/bcd0d33a-c880-48f9-81c6-4b0454818fd4#11fd6819-b25f-4d5f-b840-5254254d8ff6 2007-11-10T05:34:58Z 2007-11-10T05:34:58Z

I posted this in the my_island community on livejournal, so if you see it twice sorry. I wonder... If your opinion of the theatre project has been swayed since they started building. ie if you were all for the theatre, and now that you see it's massiveness are you still for it... or if you were against it and see the parking it going to create are you now for it... or has it confirmed what ever opinion you had to begin with

c_death 2007-11-10T05:34:58Z