Tour groups flocking to Town Center

[Ocklawaha]

So you walk out and onto the striped sidewalk from right to left in this photo and you, um, walk into a tree!


Now you try walking from the stores on the left to the stores on the right but you just can't find the way.


If you left the car in the dead center of this photo, God be with you trying to get to it.


If your still alive by this time, you might try the walk between Jared's and anything to the right, your so screwed.


This is one of my favorites, you walk out of Ballard Designed and spot your JTA ride coming up the drive. Run!


Walking from the main mall to the parking on the right, exit the upper drive and you have a sidewalk, exit the lower and your dead.

THAT'S WHAT IS WRONG, with the way we allowed this monstrosity to be built. Frankly, I enjoy a nice day of shopping or even a mall, but for my dollar, I'd rather go to The Avenues. Is it really too much to ask to require sidewalks on BOTH sides of all mall streets or between every two rows of parked cars?

[Captain Zissou]

EXCELLENT JOB OCK!!!! +10,000,000,000

[peestandingup]

EXCELLENT JOB OCK!!!! +10,000,000,000

Agreed!

[Captain Zissou]

What I would love to do is overlay the photo with the massive sea of parking on top of various areas of the urban core: DT, Avondale, Park & King, 5 Points, San Marco.... Etc.  From one side to the other that has to be at least 5 blocks.

[thelakelander]

You can make the exact same comparison with the Avenues Mall. I'm not sure if either Southside Blvd or Philips Hwy even have sidewalks. I know for a fact that there aren't any in the massive parking lot surrounding it.

[peestandingup]

You can make the exact same comparison with the Avenues Mall. I'm not sure if either Southside Blvd or Philips Hwy even have sidewalks. I know for a fact that there aren't any in the massive parking lot surrounding it.

They don't. There's not even a crosswalk it would seem. http://goo.gl/maps/0i670

So attempting a walk from the mall to the "Avenues Walk" (which is freakin hilarious they'd call it that) over to Latitude 30, hhgregg, etc would certainly result in death.

[urbanlibertarian]

Where do they pile the bodies of all these dead pedestrians? 

[thekillingwax]

I've been out there a few times and seen folks from these groups. Look like cruise passengers, because I'm pretty sure two of them were carrying big carnival bags. Whatever it is, most of the people getting onto the buses had more stuff than they could easily carry, so people are dropping a bunch of money out there. Good for them. If all they remember about Jacksonville was that it had a great place to shop, that's better than nothing. I'm too old, too fat and too broke to worry about shopping out there but I'm happy folks are helping to keep stores open and people employed.

[fsquid]

Where do they pile the bodies of all these dead pedestrians? 

use them to power the buses.