Apartments and Townhomes around Stephenson Park

[onthestrip]

While I think that the idea may be fine, the location bugs me some. A few nights ago went to the Super Scoop. WIth all the restaurants, the park and now the Super Scoop, 5th and Rankin are seems to be getting very congested.

Even the suburbs need areas of walkable density to help grow and thrive in the future, and this area, along with the adjacent downtown, makes the most sense.

As the area develops into more housing, retail, and maybe office, the nearby dwellers and office users wont complain, and I doubt the restaurants will either with a new captive audience. The only people who wont like it are the ones who are used to parking within 25 feet of the front door of their desired destination or who arent used to seeing other people use a park.

[hipsterdoofus]

Even the suburbs need areas of walkable density to help grow and thrive in the future, and this area, along with the adjacent downtown, makes the most sense.

As the area develops into more housing, retail, and maybe office, the nearby dwellers and office users wont complain, and I doubt the restaurants will either with a new captive audience. The only people who wont like it are the ones who are used to parking within 25 feet of the front door of their desired destination or who arent used to seeing other people use a park.

I actually like the closeness of all the things that are there, I just don't think it was designed to handle the pedestrian and car traffic. Would love it if they could discourage car traiffic down 5th and Rankin in that area, at that point, I wouldn't have any issues.