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#1 ainulindale

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Posted 24 May 2007 - 06:46 PM

Miami's a phenomenal city, what goes into making its downtown area great?

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#2 UptownNewOrleans

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 10:09 AM

To me, what makes a great downtown area is people. You can have a great CBD built but if no one is frequenting downtown, it's pointless. Having sports stadiums, clubs, a couple stand-alone dept. stores and tourist attractions within 2 blocks of each other is what makes a good downtown. Can't forget about public transportation.

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 01:20 PM

View PostUptownNewOrleans, on May 25 2007, 12:09 PM, said:

To me, what makes a great downtown area is people.


:offtopic: Ya, I live in Pittsburgh and while we have a great downtown area with density, shops and restaurants, old buildings, and new skyscrapers, we don't have  many people living there.  Downtown shuts down around 5 and everyone moves to South Side Flats or the Strip District.  I think putting up more apatments and connecting the light rail system from Oakland and the surrounding area to downtown would help.

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Posted 24 June 2007 - 09:34 AM

View Postainulindale, on May 25 2007, 03:20 PM, said:

:offtopic: Ya, I live in Pittsburgh and while we have a great downtown area with density, shops and restaurants, old buildings, and new skyscrapers, we don't have  many people living there.  Downtown shuts down around 5 and everyone moves to South Side Flats or the Strip District.  I think putting up more apatments and connecting the light rail system from Oakland and the surrounding area to downtown would help.
I agree with the above with the exception that these south florida downtowns need to attract MORE jobs. I am not talking some small companies either. Real jobs, i.e. fortune 500 companies that pay well. You add that with condos, apartments, retail and night life and you will have a killer downtown.

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Posted 11 September 2007 - 06:52 AM

View PostWild Style, on Jun 24 2007, 09:34 AM, said:

I agree with the above with the exception that these south florida downtowns need to attract MORE jobs. I am not talking some small companies either. Real jobs, i.e. fortune 500 companies that pay well. You add that with condos, apartments, retail and night life and you will have a killer downtown.


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