kirk farris

....Well' buddy the Bayou is not hot property..it is not the grid and all the elements to make it pay are far from ready. Is it a loosing proposition...yes in the short run...it will suck. They spent more than 17 million dollars on the Worthem park area....how many people use this? The new progress is also millions of dollars and mostly high quality work...once again...is the cost benefit ratio in balance? ....I think the whole south end should become a public garden...why not can you think of anything about the bayou that would give you greater value?

The flood model used to promote the canal program are not based on real valid data. Harris County has no real data for some sections of the bayou system and the engineering was guessed at for the master plan using topo data from 1975 and flood data from a strom prior to Allison. I have no confidence in the assertion that they are proving up the program. ...Texas Observer covered that concept in an article called Buffaloed on the Bayou a couple of years ago by Dave Mann. It may or may not give us a flood benefit in downtown. Also it may work great, just don't know. Considerations should be placed on the amount of money for projects such as these. Hell you can do a lot of green space works for the kind of budget on this. I'm thinking maybe a Town Lake model would serve the population better than a River Walk model. What is over looked is that Williams Bros. got a permit to construct a dam in Buffalo Bayou to place heavy cranes on and fix the new free way bridges. This dam was set up and used prior to Allison and may have backed up storm waters. Some experts advise that dumping and other natural factors are contributing to holding of water at Allens Landing and the effective solution for flood protection would be the regular dredging of the White Oak and Buffalo Bayou and down stream somewhat. All this talk and posting is rather odd to read and filled with a lot of hope and spin

greetings...the cisterns are of brick and concrete...in tact and could be very interesting to dig out. Some privys and building footings are found. www.frosttownhistoricsite.org feel free to contact me. kf

Reply to Caevans3....I think the use of Rice to help with the research and design of frost town historic site and gardens is a good idea...however our concept will be to convert the foot print of Frost Addition into a botanical garden which also will reveal the historic nature of the culture of the site. Let me know if the architecture community wants to help me complete my program. we are a non-profit and own the majority of the site as charitabe property. www.frosttownhistoricsite.org