Re: Downtown energy.
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:04 am
Very true for any city. It's nice to see downtown bustling, but not practical every night. Have you ever walked around Chicago's loop in the evening? The streets are dead. Most of the downtown activity is centered where the food and retail is....Michigan Ave.KCPowercat wrote:Sustained energy is always tough w/o an event....on a typical tuesday night with no event, just not going to be that many residents out, no matter how many live down here....not sure that's any different than 99% of other cities in the nation.
Been over this a ton of times but Crossroads is hard due to the numerous surface lots and long time industrial tenants who have no desire to move.
Loop is always going to be tough north of 12th. I don't think the goal should be every street bustling at every hour...just not feasible...need to continue to concentrate on activity centers.