Where are the Mall's PART TWO, Our missing downtown...

[tufsu1]

Maybe we can make the Landing look like.....say......this

http://www.harborplace.com/html/

it did at one time....and maybe it will again.

Tony Sleiman has done an admirable job just keeping the thing afloat over the last few years....and if he and the City ever work out their differences, some reinvestment will occur.

[JaxNative68]

so much potential, so little progress . . .

[ohhkristin]

I think an aquarium downtown is a fantastic idea. That definitely has more wide spread appeal than an IKEA store. Although, personally I wouldn't mind an IKEA. I also think first on the to do list for downtown should be a grocery store. It's been years since I've been in that old Winn Dixie, but from what I remember it wasn't great. Downtown needs more practical things first, to keep the few who do live downtown--shopping downtown.

[thelakelander]

They fixed up that old Winn-Dixie about a year ago.



http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2008-jun-a-new-look-for-winn-dixie

[comncense]

I still detest that Winn Dixie.... Maybe it's just Winn Dixie in general. I bought some lime juice there the other day and got home and noticed the expiration date was October 16, 2008.... This is just one of the few things Winn Dixie is known for. Give me a Publix or hell even a Super Wally World or Target downtown. It's sad that as a downtown resident we have to drive to Riverside, Philips or Roosevelt just to go to one of those stores. How about even a Walgreens. They build those on 1 out of every 3 corners in Jacksonville it seems.

[urbanlibertarian]

I'm not a fan of Winn Dixie stores in general but since that one is so close to home I go there there often and it's pretty decent now.  Give it a try.  Maybe when they get the Hayden Burns library thing going we'll have a better option.

[ohhkristin]

They fixed up that old Winn-Dixie about a year ago.



http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2008-jun-a-new-look-for-winn-dixie

Ooh, thanks! I'm new to the board so I missed the article. Good to know though!!

[comncense]

lol that's kinda trick photography. But yeah, Winn Dixie is a huge visual improvement over what it used to be. But it's kinda like putting a Ferrari frame on a pinto. At the end of the day, it's still a Pinto.

[thelakelander]

At the end of the day, its still Winn-Dixie but its nothing like it used to be.

[Seraphs]

While I'm in total agreement with the connectivity issue - downtown, springfield, brooklyn, etc.  I think Ocklawaha's canal deal would be a good idea.  I think it would add much needed activity and eventually add synergy.

[reednavy]

While I'm in total agreement with the connectivity issue - downtown, springfield, brooklyn, etc.  I think Ocklawaha's canal deal would be a good idea.  I think it would add much needed activity and eventually add synergy.

Got the money for it?

[mtraininjax]

Ideas are free, implementing them is where it is tough!

so much potential, so little progress . . .

Change the leadership to get better results. Nothing will be done downtown over the next 2 years with Peyton as Mayor. Now is a good time to look for the next mayoral candidates and GRILL them on what they plan to do during the 4 years in office and see how realistic it would be, given the issues of today.

The only way I see an aquarium downtown is if corporate sponsors, as they did in Atlanta, came together and build the thing. Arthur Blank, Home Depot co-founder, gave Atlanta a 250 million dollar grant for the project.

Does anyone see anyone with that kind of pocket change here in Jax?

[JaxNative68]

Fidelity has that kind of money.