Mayor, I think we agreed on something. Your right, best in the world is better way to put it.The Mayor wrote:On your first sentence, I don't think that's even up for debate. One of the best in the world.dredger wrote: Forest Park still has to be one of the best urban parks in the country and missed my weekend runs around the park when living in St. Louis
I think Forest Park Forever can fill in part of the gap and museum district in the other part in terms of capital expenditures for tracks, wires and a few more cars as far as getting > Muny > zoo > Dogtown . Grove > Cherokee is a big stretch to me.pattimagee wrote: No joke - a Muny stop and a zoo stop would have been so awesome, and also it would connect the loop to Dogtown. I've always said they should have made a bigger pitch for the trolley as an entertainment district transport and went for Loop > Zoo > Grove > Cherokee... but that's a lot of $$$ so I can see why they didn't.
If we did get a water park tied to the zoo, do you think it would be free for residents? Cheap season passes? I’d be all for that.pattimagee wrote:Yeah - I think its a stretch as well... but if money were free maybe.
And as for the water park idea... I always bring up Barton Springs Pool in Austin because its just amazing and I've never been. But this would be an interesting Forest Park idea - maybe a bit too un-parky for Forest Park though... https://www.austintexas.gov/department/ ... rings-pool
Pretty cool in Austin but also see it as something suited for another city park, maybe something to reconsider for Chouteau ponds as part of the Chouteau greenway. I bring up Chouteau because you got a lot of green space downtown but no real active facilities like Forest Park updated playing fields.SeattleNative wrote:If we did get a water park tied to the zoo, do you think it would be free for residents? Cheap season passes? I’d be all for that.pattimagee wrote:Yeah - I think its a stretch as well... but if money were free maybe.
And as for the water park idea... I always bring up Barton Springs Pool in Austin because its just amazing and I've never been. But this would be an interesting Forest Park idea - maybe a bit too un-parky for Forest Park though... https://www.austintexas.gov/department/ ... rings-pool
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I touched on the plan in official Zoo thread around here (or at least the thread that gets used as one). Essentially, what they've released so far (and really, it's been nearly five years since the Zoo has released really any information on the matter) is kind of a rough outline of what they'd like to have happen, and sort of how they'd like it to look, but the pressers always stressed that it was a very long-term vision with the full plan not finishing up until the 2040-2050 time frame. So far, they've done very little with the expansion site across I-64, but that'd likely be where they'd start the expansion process and give full attention to before doing anything to the existing Zoo area on the northern side of 64. I say this as moving the parking is critical to the rest of the plan and has always been the intention even should the other parts of the vision not happen, so I'd expect the Zoo will try to move as much as they can to that site and build the pedestrian bridge over 64 before they actually do anything with the Northern Campus.The Mayor wrote: Does anyone know what happened with that plan for the Zoo? I'm sure it's on the back burner while they work on the Safari Park in NoCo, but I never really heard much else since the original announcement.
STLEnginerd wrote: I always thought the zoo expansion should take a queue from the Gaylord Opryland Resort Hotel. Except with an honest to god Amazonian Rainforest growing in the middle of it, complete with Capybaras, Pirahna, Sloths, and a Jaguar, plus free flying Parrots and Macaw. Build a canopy walk throught the forest and and install a launch for their gondola on the roof. It would be amazing.
It takes some queues from the original concept but integrating the hotel into the exhibition space providing a premium hotel experience unlike any in the world.
Now that's a classy Rainforest Cafe!!!2050? lolTrololzilla wrote:
I touched on the plan in official Zoo thread around here (or at least the thread that gets used as one). Essentially, what they've released so far (and really, it's been nearly five years since the Zoo has released really any information on the matter) is kind of a rough outline of what they'd like to have happen, and sort of how they'd like it to look, but the pressers always stressed that it was a very long-term vision with the full plan not finishing up until the 2040-2050 time frame. So far, they've done very little with the expansion site across I-64, but that'd likely be where they'd start the expansion process and give full attention to before doing anything to the existing Zoo area on the northern side of 64. I say this as moving the parking is critical to the rest of the plan and has always been the intention even should the other parts of the vision not happen, so I'd expect the Zoo will try to move as much as they can to that site and build the pedestrian bridge over 64 before they actually do anything with the Northern Campus.
Why not? The jaguar is obviuosly the star. It should be safe as any zoo. Definitely need a way to make sure it stays in and people stay out but other than that...KansasCitian wrote: I doubt you could have a jaguar in the center of the hotel, but I think you could have birds and monkeys and fish.
STLEnginerd wrote: Those lemurs are going to have some really interesting and interactive views of primates.
Indeed they will! As will the homonids.
