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Started 2 years ago by alove
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alove
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What development are you looking forward to the most and why?

Even though it was on the bottom of the "best of 2009" list, I'm especially excited for the Scioto Mile. The new strip of park space will attract everyone but most importantly the little ones. I will be happy to see families enjoying downtown like my family did in the early 90's. But besides more people attracted to the new space, it will also compliment our two new (one in process) bridges and help tie areas of downtown together. (Not to mention add to our city's attractiveness immensely)

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My only fear is that it may end up like Bicentennial Park* after the fanfare has died down.

*Hang out there for awhile and you will understand.

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adrock
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grandview yard :)

i hope the scioto mile is awesome. but if history is any indicator, someone is going to get stabbed or shot and then it's going to disappear (e.g. city center mall).

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I think that Grandview Yard has a lot of potential. It can be a nice retail bridge between new and well established nieghborhoods.

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alove
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adrock wrote >>
i hope the scioto mile is awesome. but if history is any indicator, someone is going to get stabbed or shot and then it's going to disappear (e.g. city center mall).

I think a VERY architecturally-dated, vacant, indoor mall is not comparable to the mile but we'll see. I'm sure a lot a crime (not necessarily violence) happens within NY's central park but it hasn't disappeared yet.

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alove wrote >>

adrock wrote >>
i hope the scioto mile is awesome. but if history is any indicator, someone is going to get stabbed or shot and then it's going to disappear (e.g. city center mall).

I think a VERY architecturally-dated, vacant, indoor mall is not comparable to the mile but we'll see. I suspect homeless people will sleep there but that's the only thing I can think of that would scare people away. For once I'm trying to look on the bright side :)

I don't think that the Santa Maria is 'successful' - even in the summer months it is dead. As far as Bicentennial Park, I would not say that it is family friendly and it is less then half a mile from police HQ. Sleeping homeless people are a given, other more nefarious activities occur regularly.

I think the key is getting a core user group (at the present time there really isn't one), but even in larger cities the riverfront is not usually considered a 'safe' place. Without pedestrian traffic throughtout the year it will suffer.

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alove
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cc wrote >>
I don't think that the Santa Maria is 'successful' - even in the summer months it is dead. As far as Bicentennial Park, I would not say that it is family friendly and it is less then half a mile from police HQ. Sleeping homeless people are a given - other activities are likely.
I think the key is getting a core user group, but even in large cities the riverfront is not usually considered a 'safe' place.

I wouldn't argue about the santa maria...

I think that core user group could be anybody. A couple wanting to walk around after a drink, family wanting to play with fountains, anyone watching a performance at the new pavilion they're building, downtown residents exercising, downtown employees enjoying a walk, etc

I lived two blocks away from Chicago's downtown riverfront and it was never shady.

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What killed City Center was not a lack of safety, but a lack of traffic which basically died after 6pm. Other then a cafe I am not sure what the evening draw for the Scioto Mile will be. Gay Street is not very close and the proximity is already taken by government buildings.

Don't get me wrong, I would love MTV to produce "The Scioto Shore".

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adrock
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when did the lack of traffic start though? after the hoodlums were allowed to loiter and the shootings and violence started. everyone in the suburbs stopped going as soon as they saw those news reports.

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The Scioto Mile is not a retail venture, it's civic improvement. Its success will not be measured in sales, but in the public's enjoyment of it.

If few people hang out along the riverfront, maybe it's due in part to a lack of atractive places to go. Before SM, to "enjoy" that bit of riverfront you'd have to scramble across four or five lanes of traffic, to stand on a bare sidewalk and lean over a balustrade to look at the river at the bottom of a 30-foot concrete wall.

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Core_Models
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Yeah, I have to say, I'm pretty confident in the Scioto Mile. There's enough built in traffic right there from workers to keep it populated during the days, and wasting that riverfront in the heart of downtown is a disgrace.

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Walker
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Personally, I'm looking forward to lots of little things happening over the next few years. Retail shops being filled in... COTA service quarterly improvements... the new restaurant going into the Scioto Mile... watching individual homes get fixed up one at a time in urban neighborhoods...

Nothing overly impressive individually, but everything adding up to make a real difference to everyday life.

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alexs
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I'm pushing for green streets - more shade and fewer flooded underpasses.

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Walker
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The new "Promenade Park" in front of Bishop's Walk along Gay Street should look nice for shade:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/neighborhood-launch-expands-with-bishops-walk

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Nitsud Regnifloh
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Walker wrote >>
Nothing overly impressive individually, but everything adding up to make a real difference to everyday life.

yes.

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blammo
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von wrote >>

Walker wrote >>
Nothing overly impressive individually, but everything adding up to make a real difference to everyday life.

yes.

Exactly, "cool cities" are more about a general vibe & amenities, sometimes subtle, that make it a great place to live. You don't get there overnight by building some huge concrete schlong that's gonna make your city the next ___________

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is 'Concrete Schlong' your next band name? can I be in it?

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Cookie
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blammo wrote >>
Exactly, "cool cities" are more about a general vibe & amenities, sometimes subtle, that make it a great place to live. You don't get there overnight by building some huge concrete schlong that's gonna make your city the next ___________

I don't think we should dismiss this Concrete Schlong Capital idea so hastily.

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osulew
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groundrules wrote >>
is 'Concrete Schlong' your next band name? can I be in it?

I like Cement Dick better.

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groundrules

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"Four Non-Schlongs"?

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