Comments on: Do Empty Malls Signal the Return of Vibrant Downtowns? http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/22/do-empty-malls-signal-the-return-of-vibrant-downtowns/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Kaamarama http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/22/do-empty-malls-signal-the-return-of-vibrant-downtowns/#comment-80700 Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:32:38 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-80700 Funny you mention Old Town Pasadena – my family is moving
to Oakhurst shortly (well my husband bought a house there but the
rest of us haven’t moved as yet – or even seen our house). One of
the attractions to Oakhurst/Decatur is that it reminded him of Old
Town before it became commercialized with Pottery Barn and all the
other chain stores. We still love Old Town (better than Orange
County which we are leaving) but we are so excited to move to
Georgia! And while Old Town does have movie theaters a few years
ago one of the big chains actually shut down and a Tiffany’s store
opened in it’s place. We vote movie theater. South Pasadena is not
as commercialized and they had an old time movie theater – the
Rialto (it showed a lot of Rocky Horror Picture Show).
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/losangeles/rialtotheatre.htm

]]> By: UDog http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/22/do-empty-malls-signal-the-return-of-vibrant-downtowns/#comment-80692 Fri, 24 Dec 2010 04:47:57 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-80692 It is a bad thing. Decatur was more urban then than it is now.

]]> By: DEM http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/22/do-empty-malls-signal-the-return-of-vibrant-downtowns/#comment-80560 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:21:16 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-80560 I was mainly kidding, really. I think it is impossible to shop according to your values, if you are trying to do so according to who gets the retailer’s political contributions. Comapnies the size of Target contribute to damn near eveyone. It’s not so much an expression of political preference on the part of the execs, it is simply purchasing access.

]]> By: Darin http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/22/do-empty-malls-signal-the-return-of-vibrant-downtowns/#comment-80543 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:39:18 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-80543 The urban grocery store thing at AS is very cool and I wish there were more places in Atlanta with a grocery store built into walkable residential density. The Publix at the bottom of Plaza Midtown scores points for this reason and also for being close to a MARTA station — though the immediate surroundings of that building (the detached-building-with-surface-lot Cheetah, a brownfield lot, a surface parking lot that takes up a whole block) don’t make for great urbanism.

We considered moving to AS just for the walkable grocery store but I eventually got weirded out by the way the whole complex sits as an island apart from the city. Not enough connectivity for my tastes. Maybe some dense infill over the years will improve this — or a rail transit line.

]]> By: karass http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/22/do-empty-malls-signal-the-return-of-vibrant-downtowns/#comment-80468 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:28:13 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-80468 Sigh!

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