willyk wrote:cowboyeagle05 wrote:It's trending away from the Central Business District to the Central Busy District. Aka not as much office central and slowly but surely more mix to include people living out the non-work life, sleeping and daily life needs.
So how is the core doing for low-key neighborhood retail businesses like we see in more mature high rise neighborhoods— dry cleaners, bodegas, take out meals, drug stores, flowers, tailors, day spas, UPS/FedEx, etc.? Can downtown residents get what they need without having to grab the car keys? Any hope for more of these businesses? Rejuvenate the old retail space in the tunnel system to service the new residential?
I would guess that the core fails miserably when it comes to providing basic needs to be considered a true neighborhood. Say for instance you are a tourist or convention attendee, you forget to pack underwear and socks. Other than paying outrageous prices at Neimans or 4510, where would you go for these basic necessities? Nowhere downtown, that’s where. You would have to take an expensive Uber ride to cityplace, northpark, etc...., just to purchase something that you should be able to walk a block to find. Want to buy some flowers, a book, some groceries? Sorry, but not downtown. It’s actually quite sad, and embarrassing, for a city the size of Dallas to have such a lacking center. It’s better than before, but still has so very long to go to be considered a real, vibrant, dynamic, stable center.