I was half joking. But thanks for clarifying.
The city is making lemonade out of a lemon by celebrating a freeway that slices through an active part of downtown. It’s creative thinking. They are also transforming the space under their elevated heavy rail system into a ten mile destination. https://www.theunderline.org/
The point is that they are looking for ways to fix their “sins”. It’s nice creative thinking.
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If love to see an elevated (creative) expressway through downtown and convert Dawson/McDowell to much slower traffic.
Nice. Now, if they was interactive with the Sun, wind, or incorporated some sort of digital show, that could be really cool.
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And, I bet that it didn’t cost them too much to dress up that eyesore.
Historically, there have been some progressive thinking about ways to dress up utilitarian structures. My personal fave is this last extant structure left over from the original Pennsylvania Station, the old steam generation building which wasn’t demolished in 1965.
(I borrowed this from Untapped Cities. They run a monthly tour showing the remnants of the original Pennsylvania Station which survived the demolition and rebuild between 1965-68. I solved their puzzle as to what happened to the Hilton Passageway and Gimbel’s Passageway. These ran under Seventh Avenue between Penn Station and the Hotel Pennsylvania/Statler Hilton.)
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@John interesting idea. It could be like Raleigh’s Light + Time Tower, but applied to a whole parking garage. With programmable LED lighting.
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I hear ya, but down in there its really not that bad. The portion with the interstate right over it is called Shokoe Slip. Main Street down by the Poe House Museum is pretty much unaffected by it. This shot is about half way from the Museum to the interstate and still not that bad. But his is in no way a condoning of interstates through downtowns, but more of an affirmation of how good a good street level experience can be.
I posted this video (or one similar to it) elsewhere on this forum about the Lake Nona Beacon and Code Wall but I couldn’t find the post.
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@pBeez. Found it. Six full city blocks of green grass and capital.
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I believe this is the Ft Duquesne & Sixth Street Garage. This garage has been covered for as long as I can remember. I think they’re just sprucing it up as the cladding had weathered quite a bit over the years.
And a splash fountain that is not too slippery! Perhaps some of our folks should be in touch with the fine folks in Nebraska on how to build one that’s not too slippery.
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Lincoln is a nice town. As I recall most of the area right around the capitol is residential. & its only blocks to downtown and then the campus. Thanks for the share @R-Dub
Now for the trivial, what makes Nebraska and this capitol unique with the US?
Finally understand why there’s so many Pittsburgh fans on this site. City is pretty awesome. Still hate their sports teams though.
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I would move to Pittsburgh in a heartbeat if I could. (And believe me, I have tried several times)
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That almost kinda happened.
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No that’s where the Raleigh River should have gone. /s
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Screw elevated. Tunnel underneath. Take Capital underground near smokey hollow, then re-emerge somewhere near Lenoir / South street. take all the through traffic underground, leaving only local traffic on Dawson and McDowell
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Lord help us with Triangle drivers in an under ground freeway
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That reminds me of Seoul, where they replaced a highway with a river. I’m telling you, with a little imagination, you can see Capital, between I-440 and downtown, being reduced to a local street with some serious bike infra and maybe the portion north of downtown could hold some Pigeon House Branch water. With I-440 getting wider and I-540 trying to get finished, why drive through the city anymore in the near future?
Yes, NCDOT…I know. 
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