I was riding my bike downtown yesterday and noticed they had just put down asphalt on a humongous parking lot next to the theater on the canal.

I must say I was saddened that it was so big and so close to the canal. I'm sure there's enough room for new buildings between the lot and the actual canal, but it just seems like a poor use of prime land that close to the canal. That whole area could have been a large retail/commercial/residential development village stemming off the canal. Or at least something more useful than a parking lot. Not anymore.

I know the new theater and Bricktown needs more parking. A little more creativity would have been nice though.

Luke