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Originally Posted by HunterK
Thanks for the math & map of core downtown.
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Okay, I can agree on that.
Core downtown is a much better term for the boundaries you defined than just saying "downtown".
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Originally Posted by HunterK
Which brings me back to pointing out that core (IE pedestrian - no car) downtown is only 13x8 blocks. There aren't many (if any other) department store sized spaces after this one is taken.
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You are leaving out all the buildings that have yet to be built (but surely will) on many of the parking lots in the area. Many of these will be mixed use with ground floor retail.
Also this 13x8 block boundary you defined is not going to be static because Downtown is not frozen in time in 2013. You have to think longitudinally.
In a couple years we'll be talking about Los Angeles St as the border of skid row. And in another 5 years it'll be San Pedro St. You also have development pressure radiating outwards from Little Tokyo and the Arts District. I'd be very surprised if Skid Row hasn't vastly shrunk in a decade from now. Hell in 10 years we could be seeing development south of Pico, or a freeway cap park over the 101 or the 110 that would expand your borders far north of Temple or far west of Fig.