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Gardens for Grand Avenue Mall?
March 29th, 2010 at 10:08 am@SS
At the most primitive level, the thought was it would make the mall marginally more attractive so that when person X is deciding between where to walk for lunch downtown Grand Ave would seem slightly more attractive. They wouldn’t choose Grand Ave all the time, but they might pick it every now and then.
If you spent more money to make it more of an operation, you would probably get people to see it every now and then. You would likely not get someone from outside of downtown, but I think you would stand a fair chance of drawing in people that are already downtown.
I agree with the local art idea as well, we’ve written articles about it’s potential application underneath 794 in the past.
Gardens for Grand Avenue Mall?
March 29th, 2010 at 9:29 am@SS – Check out our past article on the issue.
http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2009/03/29/grand-avenue-mall-a-new-implementation/
We argue for rebuilding around the street and reducing the overall amount of retail space, which I think is somewhat along the lines of what you’re suggesting. Those suggestions/ideas are rather expensive though, and there are a variety of reasons while rebuilding the mall isn’t likely.
I’m not sure if you work/live downtown now, but for those that do and occasionally go to a store or the food court making the mall marginally more attractive via filling empty space with greenery might be a welcome improvement. It’s not expensive, and it might encourage just a bit more foot attractive especially out of East Town (where to get to the part of the mall that is active one has to walk through a lot of empty stalls first).
Vacancies certainly are a problem, this might be a way to deal with one or two of them.
Residents of Janesville Flock to Milwaukee and Chicago
July 16th, 2008 at 6:45 am@Andy
I reread your comment and you must be talking about getting a home in Milwaukee. I don’t know how you got that figure, but for the sake of the debate I will assume it’s right for now.
What is wrong with a 50 year old home that has only 75% of the square footage? If many of the new homes in Janesville were to be 75% of the size they are not, they would still be extremely comfortable to live in. It’s not like they’re moving from a hut to a tent. With your new to 75% size scenario, they would be simply eliminating excess.
How would they afford it? They have options. The state instead of sinking money into propping an already sinking community (Janesville in the post-GM area), could reward people with financial assistance to relocate in the state. Whether that is helping pay for the new house, buying the old house from them, I don’t know.
Another option is of course declaring bankruptcy. Buying a new house might be difficult then.
For those that could afford it, they could simply move.
For those that can’t sell their house at a market rate, but need some cash, there are plenty of companies that buy homes up in mass now. I’m not saying that’s good for the seller, but it is an option to get some money.
Others could carpool and still live in Janesville. A number of former Gilman employees are doing this already to Chicago and Rockford.
Residents of Janesville Flock to Milwaukee and Chicago
July 16th, 2008 at 6:32 am@Andy Thanks for the comments.
Your figures on them getting a home with 75% of the square footage are for where? Janesville or Milwaukee?
I think it’s interesting how you (and many others) mention Janesville’s diverse economy, but never mention other major employers. If the economy is diverse who are these other employers that are going to hold Janesville strong? Mercy, the school district, and all of the companies that feed GM with parts are at the mercy of GM.
GM just eliminated 2,700 jobs. I believe the peak employment at the plant was 7,000. Many of those jobs that were lost many years ago were shifts to using out-sourced providers. In recent years certainly they have been eliminating jobs, but having been doing it with large buyouts. The GM employees that are about to lose their jobs are certainly going to be well taken care of, but what about all the other companies that depend on GM? Those 2,700 jobs will for sure be gone, which will eliminate roughly that many home owners. How is the school district going to handle shedding jobs as there are fewer students? How are the employees at restaurants going to fair? What about the employees that aren’t protected by the UAW at suppliers?
There is going to be a lot of pain.
To make matters worse the former Gilman Automation plant is closing. Those employees that previously had good paying jobs are now scrambling to find other work, in other cities. I’m watching that play out already.
Milwaukee Transit: The Technologies
July 14th, 2008 at 2:32 pm@markitect Woah, oversight on my part. I went hunting for a photo of Portland’s street car and found an incorrectly labeled photo. I have corrected the mistake. Thanks for pointing it out!
Next time I guess I won’t save the photos for last.
Friday Photos Friday, 27. June 2008
June 28th, 2008 at 1:06 pmThe word on the street is the asking price per square at the Residences on Water is one of the highest in the city. We’re talking around the same level as Kilbourn Tower and neighboring University Club Tower. That was true at one point, not sure if that holds true anymore.
Pabst Farms Now Encouraging Retail and Industrial Sprawl
June 18th, 2008 at 7:53 pm@Gabe/Everyone I was actually the author of this post. We have a small glitch in our site that whenever I write something under the Admin account it shows up as the next author down on the list (which is Dave). Something with the display code in the template, have to investigate.
Milwaukee Pollutes Less Than Madison
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:46 amWhile industry leaving Milwaukee has certainly lowered pollution levels, I would imagine there is still a significant amount more industry in the city of Milwaukee than in Madison when it comes to heavy industry. Milwaukee also has been adding companies at a rapid rate to the Menomonee Valley, but those additions have largely been low polluting (especially when it comes to air pollution) companies.
I would expect Milwaukee to still outrank Madison on industrial air pollution. However, I would imagine both cities are trending downward in that category.