There is nothing that can be done with the theater that would pay back the $14 million Prom Dresses 2012 to renovate, he says. "Indeed, it is spectacular," he says, and it could bring in more money as a concert venue, though not before some changes. Only a portion of those plans have been completed, and that, Damiani says, is a major stumbling block. Damiani says most of the completed projects were conceived of years ago by city leaders who Tiffany Jewelry on Sale a vision for downtown, a vision he insists is not shared by the current administration, which, he says, is focused more on North Suffolk than the rest of the city. "There are no urban planners in City Hall. They have experts who know about suburbia and turn lanes and cul-de-sacs, but they have no clue about what it takes to I Love You drop pendant a downtown work." In the late '90s, he notes, the city manager hired a downtown coordinator, Elizabeth McCoury, to guide revitalization efforts. McCoury left in 2007 to take a job in Hampton. She has not been replaced. "The City Council changed, and visions for the city changed," McCoury says of her departure. "I felt it was time to I Love You lock charm on to bigger and better things." "Downtown is worth saving," he says.Damiani says the city made a mistake in putting the new Health and Human Services Building across the railroad tracks south of East Washington Street. The three-story building opened in 2009. "They said it was downtown and that it would help downtown, Graduated bead drop earrings the railroad tracks are a barrier." He tells of sitting in front of the building at lunchtime, shortly after the building opened, and watching the comings and goings of city workers. "Not a single one crossed the tracks and walked to the restaurants and shops downtown," he said.