I don't know why I haven't seen the preceding video before but it's basically a pipe dream scenario for the P&L District in which the whole course of segregation, social structure, transit and commerce are changed because somebody builds a Limited and a few chain restaurants downtown. It's a nice image and the CGI reminds me of that old pre-roll commercial that they used to run before showing movies on HBO. It was encouraging and often made me overlook the fact that the channel played the Beastmaster everyday for 3 years when I was a kid.
Also, here's another nice computer animated clip featuring the song "Big Rock Candy Mountain." It basically expresses all of the same sentiments of the Cordish company video without the annoying announcer in the background or without placing this town's economic fate in hands of folks who are counting on hordes of people returning to the urban core in order to see the same movies and eat hot wings at the same places available in the suburbs.
Enjoy!!!
You know that people live downtown, right? You know that people come into town for conventions and whatnot, right? The P&L District is not for people in the suburbs, it's for downtown residents and out-of-towners. Get a clue.
ReplyDeleteExactly how many people live downtown? Is it enough to support a huge complex like the Power and Light District?
ReplyDeleteLet's not forget that it took at least three tries to get this past voters who knew better.
Not even the most ardent supporters of downtown development are completely convinced that the new attraction will be a success. I don't agree that it's all hype but there are some serious questions as to how the facility will be able to sustain itself. Simply catering to a small group of downtown visitors is not enough. You'll notice that people come from miles around to shop at Overland Park Mall and downtown is going to need that kind of traffic if we can truly call the building boom a "renaissance."
What took three tries to get past voters?
ReplyDeleteThe ORIGINAL P&L district that died when Stan Durwood died passed easily. The current revived incarnation did not require a vote at all.
(BTW the downtown population is estimated at 16,000. These people will use some aspects of the district regularly, while conventioneers should keep the rest nicely busy.)
Scooter obviously owns Cordish stock.
ReplyDeleteTony was wrong when he said the new WW1 Museum would sit empty (it's a huge draw) and he was wrong when he said the Dead Sea Scrolls wouldn't draw people to Union Station (it's been packed), so why is he necessarily right here?
ReplyDeleteAnd no, I don't own stock in anything. I'm way too poor.