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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking
Yeah, your posts are a bit of a mishmash.
Vranich does not seem to care to fill the commercial spaces in his buildings, but the city allows it. He's now in top gear making his legacy off real-estate and strippers, so maybe he just wants to accomplish more and more?
People + money to spend + need or want = a market. But it will take time. It took a while for James to re-fill after it was converted to 2-way traffic flow, making it a friendlier street to walk along, and that was a street with a fairly complete urban form on both sides (and I know there are people who still don't believe that connection; it's simplistic and there were other factors at work, but I think it was the key catalyst). Parts of Barton will too, eventually, but there's more to happen in those neighbourhoods. Cannon will be interesting to watch as it fills out, but it's got big challenges. I think Main West is at a good launch point, especially with one of the largest employers and sources of people in the whole city.
Totally unrelated, but this website is frustrating the heck out of me. I'm glad the security issues seem to be managed now, but EVERY time I log in to make a post, I have to log in again to save it. Then it seems like I'm kept "live" for a longer time. Also, edits don't always seem to get saved properly. E.g., in my above post, I see "To say that there are hundreds of businesses to go in these buildings or on the street once they're built and home to more people goes against decades of evidence in economic geography" but what I actually typed was something like To say that there are no businesses to go in these buildings or on the street once they're built and home to more people goes against decades of evidence in economic geography... And now the post reads as intended. Must have been a lag for it to "take"
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Hmm, weird, it seems to work okay for me, and yes I am glad that things are better here now - we've had our spats a few of us and yes my posts tend to me uttering a thought and then progressively adding to it re-editing it as I think of more and more - must be a symptom of being a creative - my mind is changing a lot haha..
Vranich doesn't seem to care period - he's just a step up from blanchard, and that ain't saying much - but at least when he buys a plot he gets it DONE, which is the only reason he's a step above.
Personally I feel what really saved james street was the lister block - when it went from the symbol of hamiltons decline (it was even used in silent hill in a post apocalyptic city) to the symbol of its renewal it spawned development on both james street and king wiliam - tying into my statement that when people no longer feel like an area is ROTTING, they are more willing to put an investment into it - but someone has to take that FIRST step.
It's tough, and look at how many different hands passed through that main restaurant on the first floor - I think the city moving into this building really helped for stability though - not everyone has that luxury of stability and so many attempts at renewal fail. So yeah I think even you and I disagree that making it 2 way was the catalyst - I think the lister block was the real satalyst - you can literally see how it moved to the william thomas building next, then the buildings south of it that L shape onto king, and then the lister annex - everything spread FROM the lister block.
it's like having a sink hole and pouring concrete into it to fill it - it's gonna take a while before things become stable and the sinkhole might get bigger as a result before it gets better. I am so passionate and slightly pessimistic and bitter because I care so much about this city and its history and I hate seeing it erased. I get that it's progress but still, I just wanna see effort and innovation in what replaces it.
But I digress - at least stuff is getting built, vs the decades of stagnation and rot we had.. so that's something.. I guess.
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