Downtown like Times Square? (Orlando: houses, neighborhood, live)

[Alyzza]

I heard that there are plans to put Times Square type signs in downtown Orlando. Is there any truth to that? I don't know if I think that's cool or horrible.

[fathamburger]

Nah.. if anything I think it would be a mess. Times Square is not just a Square anymore, it's at least 12-14 blocks plus surrounding. If they did, it would look more like Toronto's Dundas Square anyway. Personally I think DT Orlando looks fine the way it is, it's the surrounding areas west and south that look like they need improvement, more commercial etc.

[OrlFlaUsa]

Originally Posted by Alyzza

I heard that there are plans to put Times Square type signs in downtown Orlando. Is there any truth to that? I don't know if I think that's cool or horrible.

link?

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by fathamburger

Nah.. if anything I think it would be a mess. Times Square is not just a Square anymore, it's at least 12-14 blocks plus surrounding. If they did, it would look more like Toronto's Dundas Square anyway. Personally I think DT Orlando looks fine the way it is, it's the surrounding areas west and south that look like they need improvement, more commercial etc.

I could see them replacing the big screen on the Wachovia building with something more impressive. It looks dated. I would not mind a bigger screen there with a higher resolution.

"Downtown South" as they are branding it these days has made big strides in the last few years. Delaney Park has always been a very nice neighborhood, but Orange Ave south of downtown was an eyesore. It used to be nothing but warehouses, a few really old strip malls and loads of junky auto shops and random crap. Now that SoDo came along the area has been slapped with a coat of fresh paint. ORMC has new buildings, there are new small strips that look much nicer, and new small counter-service chain restaurants are popping up. This area looks like it is on the right path.

[Alyzza]

I don't have a link for where I saw that. They were talking about it on SBK Live last night on 104.1 - don't know where they got it.

www.sbkliveradio.com

[GLS2010]

I thought they were planning something like that for church street.

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by GLS2010

I thought they were planning something like that for church street.

Church St was supposed to get a canopy like Fremont St in Vegas. Now that one I don't want to see. We already have CityWalk if you want some touristy, in-your-face party scene. Tourists are not going to go to Church St, so that would just make it tacky for the rest of us. Church St can thrive as a locals spot with the right venues. The ones that have opened there are good.

[poodlestix]

Unless you're referring to the four-foot-tall neon sign with red lights that Alan Grayson had originally wanted to have his name on in Downtown Orlando? Of course, that is old news now.

[OrlFlaUsa]

Originally Posted by Alyzza

I don't have a link for where I saw that. They were talking about it on SBK Live last night on 104.1 - don't know where they got it.

www.sbkliveradio.com

SBK SBK SBK lol like from the show

Originally Posted by Pete C

Church St was supposed to get a canopy like Fremont St in Vegas. Now that one I don't want to see. We already have CityWalk if you want some touristy, in-your-face party scene. Tourists are not going to go to Church St, so that would just make it tacky for the rest of us. Church St can thrive as a locals spot with the right venues. The ones that have opened there are good.

Please tell me that idea fell through? I was DT tonight and am always pleased with the balance of craziness on Orange & Church, and the chillness throughout the rest of downtown.

[Crane's Rooster]

If I remember right the Church St. Idea was scrubbed for cost. The developer was to incur the total cost with no help from the city. Technically speaking Orlando already has a time square. It's basically the closed off portion of Wall St. That area is already known as Time Square Plaza...I think.