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Welcome to Mcallen! Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

West Texas Reviewer: Cache Owner (CO) has not responded, so the cache is being archived to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking new cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace this cache sometime in the future (not to exceed 10 days from the date of this entry), just contact me (by e-mail), and assuming it still meets the current Guidelines, I will consider unarchiving this cache.

Please be advised this is not a guarantee that this geocache will be unarchived. Many factors will go into my decision. The most important of which is how you responded to geocachers who tried to communicate with you regarding the problem(s) with this geocache hide and how you communicated with me, the West Texas Reviewer.

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Hidden : 5/19/2011
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to Mcallen, the City of Palms.

Requires short hike from parking areas.
Plenty of muggles at peak hours of the day, so need stealth.
Makes for a nice photo opportunity.

The Boeye Reservoir or McAllen Central Park Project is an exciting new development project that focuses McAllen’s long-publicized plans to build a central park complex loosely modeled on San Antonio’s River Walk. Envisioned as a mix of high-end boutiques, restaurants, nightclubs, department stores and condominiums, the retail complex would surround a 10-acre central park where residents could meet and congregate, hear street musicians or watch a theater production in the planned amphitheater.

The Boeye Reservoir, one of McAllen’s two reservoirs, presently occupies most of the 67-acre site, immediately south of Expressway 83 between 19th and 23rd streets. Too small for McAllen’s needs and occupying some of the city’s most valuable real estate, the reservoir has been targeted for closure for some time.

The cost of McAllen’s end of the project is estimated at a little less than $50 million. The city’s portion would involve building a new reservoir in South McAllen, constructing a park with an amphitheater and canals, laying the infrastructure for the retail and residential development, and possibly building a new home for the International Museum of Art & Science (Source The Monitor).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g guvax bhgfvqr gur obk.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)