The Trinity River Project - so much work to be done

alexander troup, says:

The new Concrete Forest in the future and the largest man made pond in the Southwest, no fishing allowed.....A/T,..Concrete River observer..

Michael Anderson, says:

Michael, how do you think the Corps of Engineers' findings are going to effect the project going forward?

alexander troup, says:

John Neely Bryan had a difficult time in getting shipping to the Trinity, the Harvey came up from Houston, in the 1860's to later sink by a snag tree ,they say..always somthing about the Trinity...A/T,...Largest man made pond.

Travis Bush, says:

I think it will be great to have a park that involves the Trinity River, but I have no intention of ever going there if the river is as nasty as it is now. Not sure how that is going to be addresses, but IMO, it is kind of like redecorating a port o' potty. No matter how nice it looks, at the end of the day it still smells like one.

alexander troup, says:

Yes it is true Travis, the river has been nasty for over a 100 years, in the 1900's, over at Victory Park, the river used to snake by that area, until the Corp's moved the river in the 1930's,

While it was the one place they would dump all of the dead mules and horses, that did not find the glue factory, which was in that area also, and they took most of the dead animals to the river for over 40 years,... sewage was also dumped in the area as well as dung from livery stables and lots of odd things, thrown out that was toxic at the time...

I recall one story of a baby stuffed in a larger bottle, dead and dumped in the area as well as a body or two from the old Red Light District..

These modern days, it is the toxic mystery of where did that smell come from....A/T, Old Man River Stinks..

Howard Wen, says:

I have long since concluded that we will all be dead of old age before anything happens (for better or for worse) with the Trinity. Unless you are Ross Perot Jr. or another influential rich person, nothing we do or say will change that.

Also, I've observed there has been a persistent reality distortion regarding the Trinity. It is not a "river" anymore, and hasn't been for decades now. It is a flood plain to prevent downtown and East Dallas from being flooded over, and that's how it has been engineered by the Corps. Yet all sides in the Trinity project debate seem to always ignore this simple fact.

It will never be this flowing river with yachts and riverboats on it, and restaurants dotting along it, like a picturesque scene you normally see from a Coastal city. (Dallas is a way, way IN-LAND city.) Both the Corps and nature prevent this from ever happening.

We're better off fantasizing over how to fix DISD (which is a far more doable and realistic goal to achieve) -- or encasing downtown in a futuristic geodesic dome.

Pavel Lishin, says:

Mr. Wen, be reasonable. Nobody wants to eat at a picturesque restaurant located in a high school.

alexander troup, says:

Look at the recent rag today, lots of sand in that old man river bottom, and the push to build the Slinkie Bridges.....A/T,..No use for common sense, Wall Street and the Trinity River...