You did a nice bit of work on thinking about K Street, (I particularly like the historical suggestions) but I would suggest another model. The model for downtown Sacramento should perhaps be that of what it is; a bustling state capitol of the largest state in the nation, where the preponderance of business comes from the resident state legislature, state administrative offices, and the numerous lobbyists, attorneys, association and organization professionals, and all of the other services connected to them. And we can add to the governmental mix the administrations of the city of Sacramento and Sacramento County. This necessarily imposes some restrictions as to the hours the city is occupied to any degree, but a bustling day-time and early evening city is preferable to what we now have; an uncertain downtown struggling to be something it is not nor probably can ever be, a 24 hour city…the argument underlying the “magical skyscraper fairy” (great term!) The acceptance of the strengths of our fair city—its status as the capitol and its lovely downtown and midtown grid so interestingly mixed with residential and commercial development all beautifully embraced by our two rivers—is long over-due. David H. Lukenbill, CFO & Senior Policy Director American River Parkway Preservation Society (ARPPS) Preserve, Protect, and Strengthen the American River Parkway, Our Community’s Natural Heart 2267 University Avenue Sacramento, CA 95825 Phone: 916-486-3856 Email: Dlukenbill@msn.com Weblog: http://parkwayblog.blogspot.com/ Website: http://www.arpps.org/ The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. Robert Louis Stevenson