NinjaSant4 t1_is2ic1x wrote on October 12, 2022 at 8:45 PM

I think its use has been more or less established as an outdoor restaurant seating area.

Theres a few parks on federal hill they could spend some extra funding on to make nicer, and 45k to repair the fountain was kind of a bad use. I'd be super into them adding some more public seating/tables in the surrounding spots that don't have a ton of anti-homeless architecture so you can actually hang out and enjoy the space.

pvdjay OP t1_is2m9z1 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 9:10 PM

To clarify, they spent almost $400k on the fountain, not $45k

Hollowplanet t1_is39ci4 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 11:54 PM

That has to be a bribe. 400k for some cracked underground pipes? You could get a whole new fountain.

Mountain_Bill5743 t1_is4zf9x wrote on October 13, 2022 at 10:33 AM

someone drove into it around 2019/2020, so maybe that upped the cost, as well.

NinjaSant4 t1_is3a0cq wrote on October 12, 2022 at 11:59 PM

Obviously a bad investment when they could've had the business owners surrounding the fountain contribute but god forbid Venda paya for how much of the public space they take up.

It's bad usage of funds but the city isn't great with priorities, if they have a few businesses complaining they really bend over backwards.