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BeHappy wrote:

> One possible significant benefit of going with dusting off and sprucing up
> the old Redcar Tunnel.. is for cultural value.. and in terms of economics..
> It could be a very significant tourist attraction(in addition to providing
> additional public transit resources) The old redcar is a loved topic of
> conversation among people that have rode on it. Bringing it back would be
> like LA getting the "cable car of San Francisco".
>

You need to get past the "novelty brings in the viewers will overcome the
costs"......

The cable-cars in S.F. *supposedly* lures in the crowds?.... BUT AT WHAT COST?

I DARE someone to show me the "tax revenues" that the cable-cars have
*supposedly* brought to San Francisco has outweighed the costs burdens to San
Francisco/THE PUBLIC over the last 50 years PARTICULARLY FACTORING THE COSTS -
CARRIED MAINLY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - OF THE *****MASSIVE REBUILDING*****
OF THE MID-80S!

THEN, someone please show me that the costs of operating them over the last
several decades as a "quaint relic" has NOT costs San Francisco MORE than what
these "quaint relics" has brought in revenue..."tourists revenue tax" OR
OTHERWISE......




>
> I think it would give people in LA something more to be proud of. It was sad
> to hear about Angel's Flight railway disaster. I was saddened to hear about
> that.
>
> "Tom Wetzel" <tlwetzel@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> news:a8o5kl$f43$1@slb6.atl.mindspring.net...
> >
> > rigg wrote in message ...
> > >Rumor has it that during the Cold War, portions of the downtown tunnel
> > >were used to store tons of crackers. In the event of a nuclear attack,
> > >we'd all go into basement shelters and be treated to lots of saltines.
> > >
> > >Wouldn't going under the Bonaventure negate a very large portion of
> > >the tunnel, since the grade required to duck under the lowest building
> > >level would have to start waaay far away from the hotel itself?
> >
> >
> > No, you'd only have to re-arrange some of the steel structural
> > members in the Bonaveture subbasement.
> >
> > The real question is, Why do it? What would be the economic rationale
> > for the cost?
> >
> > Tom Wetzel
> >
> >