Comments on: More Downtown Renovations Underway

By: Justin Williams

Justin Williams — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:52:28 +0000

Here’s the D-Patrick news: http://www.itsevansville.com/2008/12/09/whats-in-your-driveway-a-stadium/

By: brady

brady — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:46:03 +0000

..stadium..

the recommended site is one of the two d-patrick ford locations. either eliminating the salesroom and the executive inn, or eliminating their two blocks of car lots.

i'm sure, eventually, there will be a post here. but, for now can we keep it constructive.. and not like courierpress.com?

By: Midgetqueen

Midgetqueen — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:17:24 +0000

more condos? "Old folks" getting "the boot"? Can't risk using any empathy, can we? How I wish that for once, just for ONCE, "revitalization" didn't seem to have to come at the expense of people who have lived in an area for years getting booted out for the greed of real estate prospectors. Prospectors whose ilk, unless I've been reading the news wrong lately, were in no small part responsible for this HUGE economic crisis our nation is currently embroiled in.

Yes, I like downtown and I want to see it improved as well as anyone. I don't see how jacking up the cost of living and recreation to a point where the majority of locals can't afford any of it equals improvement. One of the things I kind of like about Evansville is that there seems to be less egregious stratification and snobbery than in many other cities I could name. Treating our city as if only the very richest in it (or imported to it) matter may lead to some pretty cosmetic changes, but the overall effect can be nothing but detrimental.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:20:03 +0000

La Sombre imports their coffee beans and roasts them at the shop in Newburgh. They have the best espresso around here, in my opinion. Hopefully their hours will be a little better than the Newburgh shop, which closes at 5 on the weekdays.

By: Justin Williams

Justin Williams — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:53:37 +0000

Exactly. I’m a spoiled son of a homebuilder.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:13:38 +0000

@Justin: You have never lived in an old house!!

By: brady

brady — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:54:06 +0000

i agree with you about the trickle down.. it's not going to happen over night..

justin.. did you see in the C&P that the site decision for the new stadium should be made by mid december..

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:30:32 +0000

no, I agree, these high end condos that cost a fortune and a half just dont cut it in evansville–yes by all means, I support nice condos or apartments that tailor to a certain group of people, but at the price they want, no one is willing to consider them! Half of them just sit vacant or uncompleted because no one can afford to spend that much, I mean, its Evansville not NYC or LA, and now we are officially (guess we weren’t officially before) in a economic recession!

By: Justin Williams

Justin Williams — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:50:25 +0000

The old house thing isn’t my style, but I think the condos are like new technology. They are targeted at the high end first and then it trickles down.

By: brady

brady — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:08:30 +0000

i'm not trying to connect high-end condos, apartments and parking to evansville being high end. i was just saying that some new market rate units should be constructed. so that people like me could afford to live in nice apartments downtown. (affordable=$0.80-1.00/sqft/month) i am just not a fan of living in an old house.. just not my style.

but, i do believe that lacking direct on-street parking could hurt the continuous improvement of downtown evansville. in time, ideas like removing selected spots to alter curb lines to make sidewalks more pedestrian friendly would be good. i was just commenting on some things i have read (not from here) about how someone wanted to make a curb cut on riverside to allow for traffic from riverside to main.. or convert main back to two-way traffic.

i've only been back in town for 3 months after being gone for 5 or 6 years. but the downtown transformation is amazing. i'm a huge fan of the idea of the new downtown stadium. i am like you justin, where i know this city has ample downtown parking. i lived in indianapolis for many years, and a plethora of cheap parking is just one of many things that makes it great! the district is amazingly better than the parking lot it once was and the removal of the parking lot that the new old national building occupies is fantastic! removing parking lots is important.

but, back onto the OP..

i hope that whomever wins this auction could work to restore the facades. it's sad to see the C&P photo from the 70's when they covered it all up in an effort to be trendy. maybe they could reopen a restaurant here and call it the farmers granddaughter!