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Originally Posted by citywatch
believe me, I hope you & districtdirt are correct. In fact, I hope westsidelife loses his bet  . but if you read all the comments I posted yesterday from the many ppl who've visited the ONLY dept store in all of dtla, then you'll realize there is a major problem with the area's economy. I can almost guarantee you that if there had been yrs & yrs of lots of money to be made by macys, their store at 7th & hope wouldn't be such a  . And 7th & hope isn't off the beaten path as broadway still is. Macy's plaza is closer to more of the ppl with $$, esp those who work in the financial district or stay at some of the better hotels.
so if macys struggles to do well at 7th, flower & hope sts, how will a large new dept store do well at 8th & broadway? I think it will be tough even for a kohls or sears to survive there, much less a kmart (ugh) or a supersized 99 cents store  . But I'll be very happy if I'm wrong. |
Your criticisms aren't negative, but Macy's on 7th isn't fronted which requires an additional effort to get to the actual Macy's. Is that a mistake? Maybe not for 1970, but for today we can attract much more positive attention to a Macy's by fronting it to the street and designing it in a modern fashion. A street fronted modern Macy's on 7th could do much better business than the current Macy's we have. I am not making a point. I am simply laying out a reality of the shortcomings of this older Macy's design as opposed to the more contemporary retail structures which we are now accustomed to enjoying as an experience and consuming there.
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