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MonDiego Tube

Published: Monday, April 28, 2008 6:58 AM PDT

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This is a good back and forth on the proposal we wrote about a while ago to somehow put an upper deck on the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal. It is, as I wrote then, a kind of party on the top, business on the bottom proposal. The idea is that you could put some kind roof on the importing and exporting operations taking place there and then put roller coasters, stadiums, conventions, dancers, whatever on top.

Anyway, there's big money on both sides of this debate. So we'll keep on it.

Thanks to NBC San Diego for providing the video. Our partnership has gone to a new level and should make a lot of collaboration possible. And most importantly, of course, it should mean I can always find something for Monday morning.

-- SCOTT LEWIS

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1. what the....? wrote on April 28, 2008 3:51 PM:
"This is one of the more assinine ideas I have heard. Why not do it over the railroad tracks and coverup an eyesore near the ballpark, next to retail, a new hotel, library, etc. Seems overly expensive to build the superstructure on a pier rather than over the railroad tracks. my two cents..."

2. Watcher wrote on April 29, 2008 9:23 AM:
"Only in San Diego. First, we allow developers to destroy our downtown waterfront. Next we offer to allow developers our civic center to profit from if they will only build us a new city hall for free. How about filing in the bay next so developers can build more highrise condos on it? There are no lengths this city won't go to to appease real estate developers and realtors."

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