[andthentherewere3]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Looks more urban to me. Jay

Exactly, I was just thinking that yes, this pictures proves the "urban" point. When I think "suburban", I think somewhere like Trumbull. Pretty much all of Norwalk is too urban for me, I avoid it entirely now. If I want to go to Lowe's, I go to Derby. I seek out smaller towns for shopping, less traffic and less people, just my personal preference.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by JayCT

What is the top model? By the photo on the bottom there is a wall shown but it appears back from Connecticut Avenue so there will be landscaping to soften it. Hopefully that will be the case. Jay

That's what was there before they started demolishing. Was a medical building.

You guys ever see the "cut out" of that lot where Lowes is going? Top view



Ground view of the residential area behind Lowes.



After Lowes you can go play golf on the Norwalk Golf Course not far from there.

[CT_Native]

Norwalk is a mix of urban and suburban -- it's like Downtown Stamford and North Stamford, or Great Neck Plaza and the rest of Great Neck. Norwalk: SoNo and Rowayton. That trend seems to stay true to all the wealthy areas in proximity to NY.

[SubieB4]

I don't understand what the wall's function is to be for?

[SubieB4]

Originally Posted by JayCT

What two bridges are you asking about? I too would guess that they are waiting until the asphalt plants reopen to do the final paving and open the new lanes. Jay

Cedar st & Taylor ave

[AntonioR]

Originally Posted by JayCT

What are you talking about??? Norwalk is a small city (pretty much always has been). I would not call it "typical suburbia". To me "typical suburbia" would mean towns like Trumbull or Milford where there are strip shopping centers and/or a mall surrounded by a lot of single-family homes. Norwalk has small but very urban feeling areas like South Norwalk. I really can't remember it ever having a "decidedly rural" look and feel, at least not in the past 50 years. And I am sure there have been lot more than just one traffic signal in the city for a LOT longer than that. Are you sure you are talking about the same city? Jay

Yes, the same place.

The people that once told me that they remembered Norwalk as a sleepy rural town were elderly and one of the ladies said that she remembers a time when the first traffic light was put in town and that one of her sons pointed it out and said 'look mom, like NY.'

I also know people that remember when there were cattle ranches in Stamford and the city was a sleepy town, Washington Blvd ended at Bridge Street, etc, etc, and more etc.

When I drive on Connecticut Ave, to mention one of many areas of Norwalk that feels like typical cookie cutter suburbia, I feel as if I'm in a palm-less Florida with rolling hills. Also, there hardly is an actual downtown. No there there.

[AntonioR]

Originally Posted by SubieB4

I don't understand what the wall's function is to be for?

Its a retaining wall meant to hold in place the land that the parking lot is going to be built on. That parcel probably has a grade that requires a retaining wall if Lowes wants to have a level parking lot.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by SubieB4

I don't understand what the wall's function is to be for?

The wall allows them to make the parking lot flater. Jay.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by AntonioR

Yes, the same place.

The people that once told me that they remembered Norwalk as a sleepy rural town were elderly and one of the ladies said that she remembers a time when the first traffic light was put in town and that one of her sons pointed it out and said 'look mom, like NY.'

I also know people that remember when there were cattle ranches in Stamford and the city was a sleepy town, Washington Blvd ended at Bridge Street, etc, etc, and more etc.

When I drive on Connecticut Ave, to mention one of many areas of Norwalk that feels like typical cookie cutter suburbia, I feel as if I'm in a palm-less Florida with rolling hills. Also, there hardly is an actual downtown. No there there.

Those people may remember when parts of Norwalk were somewhat rural in character but as I said Norwalk is a city and has had an urban feel in many areas for a long time. Look at the age of the buildings in South Norwalk and East Norwalk to see that they were pretty much well developed a long time ago. I would not call it rural or sleepy. They would also have to be very old for them to remember the first traffic signal. They would have to be at least in their 80's. Jay

[SubieB4]

Originally Posted by AntonioR

Its a retaining wall meant to hold in place the land that the parking lot is going to be built on. That parcel probably has a grade that requires a retaining wall if Lowes wants to have a level parking lot.

Originally Posted by JayCT

The wall allows them to make the parking lot flater. Jay.

Oh OK thanks guys makes since because I think the home depot in Danbury has the same setup wall.