Yeah the food court at Phipps was not that good but it was definitely better than the one at Lenox.

If I have to eat at lenox California pizza kitchen it is. Phipps is not better for the to be a grand as it is the food court is a mess too. Perimeter has the better food court. I hope your next experience is better. You may wanna stop by perimeter mall next time it's less traffic

Three new developments proposed for Columbus - One is a 300 unit apartment complex at Buena Vista Rd (Columbus Planning Dept report here). Amazingly, the Planning department recommended against it. Luckily, the planning commission recommended for it. What's more amazing, is the Councilors representing South Columbus seem to be opposing it. It's astonishing that especially Mimi Woodson who is always complaining that no new stores are locating to South Columbus. They're not locating because there's not enough market. You need developments like this one to generate a market. Back to the Columbus Planning Department. Good planning is recognized for a mixture of uses. You don't put ALL houses in this area, ALL apartments in this area and ALL jobs in this area. That's what creates sprawl and forces longer and longer commutes. Their future land use map is more like a current land use map. There's no imagination or vision of what a future might look like. For that reason, it's a shame that the Council and planners put so much emphasis on the map.

Not to mention that no one on the Council seems to have gotten the memo that there has been a Housing Bust. It's very hard for people to get easy loans now. So more people are seeking apartment living. Many people are more suited to apartment living. Many people, especially older people can't maintain a single-family home. Some one should educate the planning staff and Council on demographics associated with apartment dwellers. They often do live in their units for as long or longer than single-family units and have median incomes higher than their single-family neighbors.

Coming soon sign hanging above old Goody's at Bradley Park. (It wouldn't let me post the picture)

<br>The Bigger Lacoste  and abercrombie store are at perimeter mall. All the other stores are pretty much decent size. I hate the food court myself and please dont put labels on people its not cool especially when you dont know them personally. Alot of the Wanna be rappers I have seen spend lots of money In Niemans Also (I used to work for Niemans) Now you can catch me at Barneys NY co Op store in phipps lol  . Saturdays are always supper packed in the afternoon Thats the day most African Americans go to Lenox. Caucasin are usually in full affect on sundays.  So I would suggest if you dont like saturdays go in the morning and if you cant  deal with the wanna be rappers showing off there cars then I would go on sunday<br>

When did they have their meeting? I like what uptown inc stands for but their website and available information is relatively useless.

Random aside, is the area designated as the Liberty District considered to be UPtown or Midtown. And where can I see information on the Liberty District Master Plan. I couldn't find anything at KPS, nor the other firm who created the plan for it in 2004.

I went to Lenox yesterday. I was very disappointed. It was much better last time. I went at 4, which was definitely a mistake. Last time, I went at 10 AM on a Saturday. It was nice and not very packed. Yesterday, it took about 30 minutes just to get from the Lenox & Peachtree intersection to the Bloomingdale's parking deck. Then, it was still hard to find a space. I definitely agree with the people say that rapper wannabes go there to show off their "bling" instead of shop. It is very annoying. About half of the people who looked like that went out without shopping bags. The Apple store was nice and big and was not that packed. Abercrombie & Fitch was really packed and was a small store. Bloomingdale's, Macy's, and Lacoste were nice but Lacoste was small too. Then we went to the food court. If you have never been to the food court at Lenox, don't go. After you see that, you will like the mall a whole lot less. It looks like it has not been touched since it opened. It doesn't even looks like they even completely finished it. The flooring in the food court looks like they payed about $10 for all of it. Also, most of it has a really small ceiling height. It's not like it matters that much, but the flooring throughout the mall looked bad and dated also. The mall did look pretty nice in some ways. It looks like they didn't renovate the back either. It looks like it has not been touched as well. The front of the mall has obviously been renovated though. I visited the Mall of Georgia today, and honestly, I liked it better than Lenox. If Lenox was less crowded, was renovated again, and some of the stores were larger that would change my opinion again.