2000-02-01 - 00:29:49

good happens, sometimes from apparent desolation.

in our town there was a big airport which was

vacated when a huge new one was built about 15 miles

out of town. there was a huge military hospital

which the government decided that without big

military action it didn't need any more so they gave

it to the city. also about that time the air base

in town was given back to the city.

its as if a giant game of chain chair occupation is

going on . . . . but with no losers.

what looked like future gang war zones or deserted

prairie is turning into a modern day miracle, the

whole ball of dirt and buildings.

the city airport now already has some businesses

operating there. property is being divided among

buyers. there will be housing priced from

inexpensive, small homes to the very pricey large

homes. there will be shopping centers, schools,

stores, parks and probably churches.

the huge military hospital will also have a

multiplicity of things there too. a huge hospital

in town which has become cramped for parking and

cluttered with traffic. it will take over the

hospital building at the former army facility.

there many entities in the process of renovating

buildings, the land will be used in a manner

fitting an area so large.

the old air base is the furtherest along, it looks

like a giant sowed a lot of houses spread widely

acrosss the landscape, new streets are in, i think

most of the old hangars are already occupied with

businesses, city has some buildings out there, i

think i heard that the poison control center is

there now. i can see two four or five story

buildings going up, quite obviously not

residential. the old sturdy brick married officers

homes are well kept and occupied. nco married

quarters are filled or just about full. streets

are being opened into the arteries surrounding the

property. there is already one private school

built, and operating. schools, stores, and

other necessary services will be put in. it has

been a city essence for a long time now. many of

the houses had residents waiting to move in as the

finishing touches were taken care of.

there a couple of problems that will have to be

solved somewhere soon. the traffic during rush

hours has been bumper to bumper for years and the

new arrivals on the old field and the residents who

are occupying new condos and apartments already

built before houses started being built, are

causing the traffic jam to be a horrendous mess.

the other problem i am sure, will be taken care of

also one way or the other. the huge hospital

buildings in mid city will be in the process of

emptying out in the course of years.

are they going to raze that fantastic group of

buildings ? or are they going to see that they

are occupied productively ?

the surrounding neighborhoods have been waging war

over parking for years. in a large radius there

are stringent no parking signs which are checked by

patrol frequently.

but the overall redevelopment has gone amazingly

well and rapidly considering the areas involved.

i am a grouchy old poop .............but it looks

like the powers that be are cooperating for once

and are really getting something good accomplished.

c'est la guerre, time elapses, age collapses !

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