tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post73250193300870516..comments2024-03-29T00:18:53.002-04:00Comments on Tomorrow's News Today - Atlanta: Retailer Leaves Avalon Before Opening Atlantan99http://www.blogger.com/profile/06115362060612910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-24517678068661887282015-04-02T12:42:01.425-04:002015-04-02T12:42:01.425-04:00If something like this were built RIGHT NEXT to Do...If something like this were built RIGHT NEXT to Downtown alpharetta it would work, but just off the hwy?The Roswelliannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-65110657322222860972015-03-30T20:58:28.743-04:002015-03-30T20:58:28.743-04:00Visited it a few weeks ago when my parents where i...Visited it a few weeks ago when my parents where in town. Was not impressed with it at all. They are trying to bring a city feel to the burbs, with out lets say a Marta train running up there, "and i know so many are against that" its going to fail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-60092590477251076112015-03-30T11:18:48.529-04:002015-03-30T11:18:48.529-04:00exactly. makes no more sense than building enclose...exactly. makes no more sense than building enclosed malls in downtowns, which was all the rage in the 1970's and '90's. Its just a mall w/o a roof.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-25261207367279265632015-03-30T09:16:53.599-04:002015-03-30T09:16:53.599-04:00It may not be doing well because it is replicating...It may not be doing well because it is replicating a design pattern for which it cannot support. Avalon was built as a faux urbanism oasis in the middle of suburbia. While this idea sounds good to some, the truth is, you must have the fundamentals (connectivity, population density, and walkability) of a true urban environment lest this place just becomes in essence another dead suburban shopping mall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-48084373463946701462015-03-28T13:29:39.979-04:002015-03-28T13:29:39.979-04:00I work at one of the stores in avalon. None of the...I work at one of the stores in avalon. None of the stores are doing well. Traffic is non existent during the day and restaurant oriented at night. Big trouble for the center if it can't get things turned around. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-12741378813434005892015-03-27T18:00:36.126-04:002015-03-27T18:00:36.126-04:00I used to be on their catalog mailing list, but th...I used to be on their catalog mailing list, but there clothes have never been my style or taste. IMHO something a "Peg Bundy" stereotype would wear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-65875529790050904972015-03-27T09:57:25.918-04:002015-03-27T09:57:25.918-04:00Boston Improper. Boston Improper. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com