[Phxguy]

Originally Posted by mwadswor

There's an even better idea for central. I love all the street vendors out 24/7 in places like Bangkok, Amsterdam, or Santa Fe. They really enhance street life, they encourage people to be out and walking, they allow a street to be continuously walkable even if there aren't storefronts along sections of the road, etc. Let's create a street vendor district along central along the light rail to connect midtown and downtown. Food, books, cds, trinkets, whatever, it would be great.

Why not add a completely seperate district inbetween there with the street vendors and the walkway. Something say like a Chinatown or Koreatown; Little Italy. Emercing ones culture into downtown would not only attract international and Arizonian people there but it would increase pedistrian, auto, and light rail traffic. Plus I think it would be cool if they added the street vendors in the alley ways making it like a walkthrough outdoor mall like in Honolulu, if you've been there. That way people can shop on the streets then cut through an alleyway market to get to the next street over.