Comments on: Designing A Better Downtown - Part I http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/02/20/designing-a-better-downtown-part-i/ The Latest in Retail, Entertainment, and Development in Raleigh Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:41:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: gogoraleigh.com» Blog Archive » Designing A Better Downtown: Part III http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/02/20/designing-a-better-downtown-part-i/#comment-296 gogoraleigh.com» Blog Archive » Designing A Better Downtown: Part III Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:02:40 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/02/18/designing-a-better-downtown-part-i/#comment-296 [...] the first part of this series we toured a section of streets in Atlanta that offer nothing for pedestrians and are completely [...] [...] the first part of this series we toured a section of streets in Atlanta that offer nothing for pedestrians and are completely [...]

]]> By: gogoraleigh.com» Blog Archive » Designing A Better Downtown - Part II http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/02/20/designing-a-better-downtown-part-i/#comment-196 gogoraleigh.com» Blog Archive » Designing A Better Downtown - Part II Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:03:24 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/02/18/designing-a-better-downtown-part-i/#comment-196 [...] ChiefJoJo: Good post, Dana. ATL is a frequent whipping boy around thes... [...] [...] ChiefJoJo: Good post, Dana. ATL is a frequent whipping boy around thes… [...]

]]> By: ChiefJoJo http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/02/20/designing-a-better-downtown-part-i/#comment-195 ChiefJoJo Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:58:05 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2008/02/18/designing-a-better-downtown-part-i/#comment-195 Good post, Dana. ATL is a frequent whipping boy around these parts, and for good reason. The Atlanta experience certainly isn't all bad by any means, but you bring forward here a compelling argument for Downtown Raleigh to 'get it right'. I attended a meeting for the "Downtown Interim Framework" (see planningraleigh2030.com) which really gets at a lot of your points about creating a positive street-level experience. What we have on our side here in Raleigh is a good foundation. We have a strong focal axis in Fayetteville St, bounded by the Capitol and Progress Energy Center. We still have some pockets of our historic legacy remaining. And most appropriate to your post, we have context on our side. While Atlanta's downtown mushroomed during the auto-centric 70s and 80s, ours is just now coming into bloom during a time where we are seeing the value of returning to our roots and once again placing people first. Good post, Dana. ATL is a frequent whipping boy around these parts, and for good reason. The Atlanta experience certainly isn’t all bad by any means, but you bring forward here a compelling argument for Downtown Raleigh to ‘get it right’. I attended a meeting for the “Downtown Interim Framework” (see planningraleigh2030.com) which really gets at a lot of your points about creating a positive street-level experience.

What we have on our side here in Raleigh is a good foundation. We have a strong focal axis in Fayetteville St, bounded by the Capitol and Progress Energy Center. We still have some pockets of our historic legacy remaining. And most appropriate to your post, we have context on our side. While Atlanta’s downtown mushroomed during the auto-centric 70s and 80s, ours is just now coming into bloom during a time where we are seeing the value of returning to our roots and once again placing people first.

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