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re: What could revitalize downtown BR?
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:07 pm to Pintail
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:07 pm to Pintail
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Agreed. Clean up the area between LSU and downtown and more LSU students could move that way
That's the only way. But a true downtown would cater to young professionals, not the college crowd.
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Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:08 pm to MikeD
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Actual downtown living space with amenities that support living downtown - grocery, shopping, pharmacy, dry cleaning etc. Right now not many places to stay for residents.
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The first phase of this redevelopment project begins with the Nicholson Gateway project, located in the northern segment of the Corridor between West Chimes Street and Skip Bertman Drive. This 28-acre site includes a mixed use retail-housing center and a student residential district. The mixed use center creates a town center environment that is designed to attract students, sports fans and the surrounding community. Located across the street from Tiger Stadium, it draws from the excitement and identity of LSU’s rich football tradition, and is ideally situated to draw in fans on their way to the stadium. Its location also takes advantage of the drive-by traffic on Nicholson Drive, and is within an easy 10-15 minute walk to most of the core campus. The center will offer an exciting active urban environment with shopping, restaurants and entertainment that complements the traditional campus activities—a place to go for a bite to eat after the game, between classes, or on the way to visit Mike the Tiger.
North of the mixed use center, a new residential district will replace the old Nicholson Apartments. This new district will provide updated student housing for upperclassmen and graduate students that is competitive with off-site offerings. Designed in a traditional campus arrangement of buildings framing quadrangles and parks, it will extend the qualities of the core campus across Nicholson Drive. Both sides of the street will be unified, and Nicholson Drive will feel more like a drive passing through campus than a by-pass road that divides the campus.
About the Project
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The Downtown Development District has unveiled its next wave of projects slated for approval by the Metro Council Wednesday, including more green space, a bike path and Mississippi River levee improvements. Two recently completed projects include a $3.9 million facelift for Repentance Park and the $7 million North Boulevard Town Square.
Some projects are still in their planning and engineering phases. Among them is extending the levee bike path a half mile from Florida Street to Hollywood Casino. It would connect to the upcoming IBM block project and a $600 million River Park project by developer Pete Clements near the casino.
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Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:10 pm to Rickety Cricket
That's the top priority in comprehensive master plan.
Developers need to just sell out that area and boot them. They did it in Denver 20 years ago. Took a bunch if shite at the time but no ones complaining now.
Developers need to just sell out that area and boot them. They did it in Denver 20 years ago. Took a bunch if shite at the time but no ones complaining now.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:13 pm to fr33manator
to make any downtown livable, it needs a decent grocery store, that is the problem with a lot of mid sized cities downtowns
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:14 pm to Salmon
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grocery store
Bingo.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:15 pm to SabiDojo
living downtown means you want convenience or walkability
if it's just bars and restaurants, it's not really convenient to have to get in a car to go to the grocery store
if it's just bars and restaurants, it's not really convenient to have to get in a car to go to the grocery store
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:22 pm to Dorothy
Yeah, matthernes opening in old cap one building. There is a convenience store on Florida and third.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:22 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
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There is a convenience store on Florida and third.
not exactly a grocery store
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:23 pm to Salmon
This dipshit hits downtown on a slow Wednesday after st. Paddys day and thinks its in trouble.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:23 pm to Pintail
How would you go about cleaning it up
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:24 pm to CT
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Tear down every piece of shite house along the Nicholson corridor between LSU and Downtown to make students/parents with $$$ want to go that direction instead of the other.
This has for the most part been done. There's a mixed use development fixing to go up on Nicholson near Oklahoma Street. It will eventially be combined with the new married student housing, the new huge housing complex on Roosevelt, the new complex being built on West Chimes @ Alaska Street, the water campus, and the new married student housing that will be replacing the old ones, oh, AND A F&%KING STREETCAR FTW!!! Gentrification is coming fast.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:25 pm to xLxSxUxFxAxNx
I realize a dead night isn't a testament to it's overall health but the number of vacant fronts just struck me as...wasted. Granted I don't have a history to go off of
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:26 pm to fr33manator
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How would you go about cleaning it up
attract the gays
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:26 pm to fr33manator
Among other things, the poor areas between LSU and downtown along Nicholson and Highland need to go away. There are too many run-down, trashy buildings and undesirables in the area.
A nice boardwalk along the river as someone suggested would draw more people. Grocery store is a must, and more apartments/condos in the area as well.
A nice boardwalk along the river as someone suggested would draw more people. Grocery store is a must, and more apartments/condos in the area as well.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:27 pm to Salmon
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attract the gays
That's what I said too. A more vigorous art scene.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:28 pm to fr33manator
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ent down there last night for dinner and it was dead. I mean, ridiculously dead, even for a Wednesday.
The people that go out downtown are usually post college aged. They aren't going out on a Wednesday night
Downtown is light years ahead of what it was 10 years ago
This post was edited on 3/20/14 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:29 pm to kingbob
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:29 pm to Salmon
No, but it's something and a legit grocery store is coming.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 9:29 pm to Deactived
quote:maybe for that town
The people that go out downtown are usually post college aged.
Hardly the case for metropolitan areas
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