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Originally Posted by MikeNigh
Exactly. Do we have any examples of this being done elsewhere and succeeding or failing and why? It seems like in a worst case it's just another story of the mall or w/e except this one doesn't have a roof. It could maybe be made to work good enough.
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Originally Posted by Arch+Eng
The rooftop village is dope. I don't know whats wrong with you guys.
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Location, location, location. I'm not against the concept of a "rooftop village" - as lame and faux as it sounds - so long as there's an appropriate amount of street-facing retail and the location works for it. 8th and Market? With tens of thousands of tourists, tens of thousands of office-workers, tens of thousands of residents, and a few thousands Medical students all within a few blocks on any given Tuesday? Sure.
Broad and Washington? The only nearby businesses are industrial - and I don't see their employees patronizing a cafe on the "rooftop village" sipping a $5 latte? There are ZERO tourists here and most of the nearby residents are 9-5ers (or worse, poor) so who is keeping these rooftop village businesses afloat Tuesday at 3pm? Again, 777 S. Broad Street - in a FAR more central location 4 blocks to the North - can't maintain a single business in brand new, street fronting, retail spaces.
This site would be great for a scaled down residential component atop 2-3 big box retailers that CC lacks like a Home Goods or a Wal Mart or a Bed Bath Beyond or a Babies R Us/Toys R Us, etc. Keep it simple stupid.