Tampa Riverwalk: will there be stuff to do there? - Page 2

Maxim98 · January 19th, 2007, 04:01 AM

Yeah, the only hope for redeveloping the waterfront right now seems to come from (gasp) West Tampa. If the Riverwalk could connect through the redev. programs, opening up the area near Ricks on the River would be FANTASTIC to developing the Riverwalk. It could be a new destination.... the government owns 95% of the land in the area, so rezoning and selling it off would be easy.... connecting it with West Tampa ala Ybor City could be quite amazing.

I'm a West Tampa fan and did a study with the AIA on the area regarding the Riverwalk, and it isn't as infeasible as you think....

There is still a chance to commercially develop the river...

tamparican · January 19th, 2007, 04:51 AM

sounds interesting and if youve studied it and see a possibility for it to maybe happen in the future, it would def be interesting. The main point i see is trying to connect all the districts and sections of TAMPA...with mass transportation and as i see river taxis would be very beneficial. i went fishing the other day and was surprised to only see 1 restaurant by the water servicing boats, and i think it mite have been the ricks you talk about... its just surprising for me at least to see an area with so many boats, where its a common thing, YET barely see any benefits to them in the waterways at least in entertainment and dining? probably running off topic, but as you say connecting ybor and the west would be nice, as well as connecing those to DT

Maxim98 · January 19th, 2007, 01:56 PM

Well, the findings were submitted to the city but who knows....

You know how they are ;-)

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January 19th, 2007, 04:01 AM	#21
Maxim98 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA / London, UK Posts: 1,243 Likes (Received): 0	Yeah, the only hope for redeveloping the waterfront right now seems to come from (gasp) West Tampa. If the Riverwalk could connect through the redev. programs, opening up the area near Ricks on the River would be FANTASTIC to developing the Riverwalk. It could be a new destination.... the government owns 95% of the land in the area, so rezoning and selling it off would be easy.... connecting it with West Tampa ala Ybor City could be quite amazing. I'm a West Tampa fan and did a study with the AIA on the area regarding the Riverwalk, and it isn't as infeasible as you think.... There is still a chance to commercially develop the river...

January 19th, 2007, 04:51 AM	#22
tamparican Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa Posts: 112 Likes (Received): 0	sounds interesting and if youve studied it and see a possibility for it to maybe happen in the future, it would def be interesting. The main point i see is trying to connect all the districts and sections of TAMPA...with mass transportation and as i see river taxis would be very beneficial. i went fishing the other day and was surprised to only see 1 restaurant by the water servicing boats, and i think it mite have been the ricks you talk about... its just surprising for me at least to see an area with so many boats, where its a common thing, YET barely see any benefits to them in the waterways at least in entertainment and dining? probably running off topic, but as you say connecting ybor and the west would be nice, as well as connecing those to DT

January 19th, 2007, 01:56 PM	#23
Maxim98 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA / London, UK Posts: 1,243 Likes (Received): 0	Well, the findings were submitted to the city but who knows.... You know how they are ;-)