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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
He should be appealing to fast food establishments to develop a design for their stores that allows a location in an urban setting. Those businesses don't have to leave, but those buildings should. The companies should be smart enough to adapt. The thing is, fast food companies upgrade their designs and look pretty often. I noticed recently the Taco Bell on William Cannon way over by Brodie Lane has been closed down for over a week or more while they were renovating it. The location now looks completely different. And a lot of fast food places have newer designs for their new stores in those huge shopping centers like at South Park Meadows and in the suburbs. The one area where they haven't figured it out yet is in urban settings.
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Nothing against fast food companies developing urban forms (or popeyes - I like popeyes too). I thought it was amusing that 1. someone likes Airport Blvd, and 2. seems to believe installing sidewalks will somehow make it "walkable" (just don't touch the Popeyes!).
If Airport Blvd. w/sidewalks is a vision of walkable pedestrian oriented city then count me opposed.
