09-14-2018, 09:36 PM
So I caught some flack on Twitter this week because I did, and still do, refer to the market district as "broken".
Am I out of line here?
The way I see it is that the city sunk all of this money into a new market space, and outside of market days and hours, it's not a destination, and certainly hasn't done anything as far as place making.
In fact, that end of downtown has seen very little activity in the 10+ years since the market opened. With the exception of this project, what else is there?
The fact that there's been so little change doesn't inspire much confidence.
I don't know, maybe my word choice was just poor?
Am I out of line here?
The way I see it is that the city sunk all of this money into a new market space, and outside of market days and hours, it's not a destination, and certainly hasn't done anything as far as place making.
In fact, that end of downtown has seen very little activity in the 10+ years since the market opened. With the exception of this project, what else is there?
The fact that there's been so little change doesn't inspire much confidence.
I don't know, maybe my word choice was just poor?
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