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Originally Posted by mhays25
Not sure what you mean by deadheading. A light rail subway station will open in 2021, along with two more stations to the north. The line currently terminates on the other side of the UW campus.
Not the best choice of words. What I meant was when the rail finally arrives there. It will be great to have that connection to downtown and the airport.
Meanwhile, the district is being upzoned (I was away, I believe the mayor signed the bill) so finally highrises are allowed again as they were decades ago. The district is viewed as a place for future tech/office growth including a focus on spinoffs from the UW. It will also continue its housing influx, possibly including highrises.
I looked at census commute stats from 2015 for the 98105 zip code. This includes large suburbanish areas in addition to the U District...all of Laurelhurst even. Still, the commute stats were impressive. The 22,000 workers of 98105 (regardless of where they commute to) drove alone 39% of the time, took transit 22%, walked 16%, biked 8%, and carpooled 6%. Some of that is the pretty good existing transit and density, and some is the UW's multifaceted encouragement of alternate transportation for decades...in the late 80s(?) they decided to cap parking spaces and handle their growth by influencing mode choices, and it's worked.
Because it doesn't appear to be very dense and urban like most people would expect of a downtown. It has maybe a block or two that could pass for that, but doesn't seem nearly enough that most people would consider it to be like a downtown. It can be a popular & important section of the city, but that alone doesn't meet the criteria of a downtown area to me.
Maybe you should visit University Circle area this summer but it is Cleveland's 2nd hub/downtown regardless of your criteria. Not sure how University Circle is not urban given its location.
Maybe you should visit University Circle area this summer but it is Cleveland's 2nd hub/downtown regardless of your criteria. Not sure how University Circle is not urban given its location.
Well if you compare to pictures of the other areas being discussed on here, you'll notice its not the same type of area, it just isn't dense and urban enough to be considered a downtown. I don't think the OP is asking what is the second densest business section of each/any city - I think the question is specifically which cities have other sections that really act and feel as full downtowns, but are secondary to the main one.
But everyone has their own opinion - let's see what the OP thinks on this one.
Well if you compare to pictures of the other areas being discussed on here, you'll notice its not the same type of area, it just isn't dense and urban enough to be considered a downtown. I don't think the OP is asking what is the second densest business section of each/any city - I think the question is specifically which cities have other sections that really act and feel as full downtowns, but are secondary to the main one.
But everyone has their own opinion - let's see what the OP thinks on this one.
University Circle is definitely not dense. Even the new apartments seem to have surface parking, and most buildings have setbacks. It's more campus-like than downtown like.
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