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UF ALUM
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E Vey wrote: Palmer's Feed store carries some common hardware item's.
I'm confused, UF Alum. Traveling 20 minutes to a hardware store by bike is nothing. In fact, since there are so few hardware stores anywhere, it is often quicker to travel by bike than to sit at lights.
Since when does playing B-ball for free equal an urban area. People in the suburbs can play for free, does that mean they are in an urban area? Are you talking about the same Palmers next to Leu Gardens in WP? The one that sells rose bushes and garden accesories and not hammers and nails? Anyway, my point is that downtown Orlando severly lacks many amenities and is not the major metorpolitan area that many of its condo dwellers believe it is... It is more or less a home to party kids who want to live close to all the popular bars and nightclubs.... oh, and walk to their favorite niche stores.
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JT ORLANDO
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UF ALUM wrote: <quoted text>
Do you see my point? Downtown Orlando is not a real urban environment. You will always need a car here.
Ace is a 20 minute bike ride from Lake Eola...
No where to p[lay BBall for free... have to join agym @$60 per month...
Dare I say you do not row in Lake Ivanhoe...
I am not a fan of big box retialers... I am a fan of low prices and convienence.
I think the big buildings have tricked you in to believeing that Downtown Orlando is a real urban environment...
Case closed Not a real urban environment? So where should we live - Waterford Lakes? Avalon Park? BVL? No thank you. I've told Zom to please put me down to close ASAP. Not a real urban environment - HERE I COME!!
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E Vey
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UF ALUM wrote: <quoted text>
Are you talking about the same Palmers next to Leu Gardens in WP? The one that sells rose bushes and garden accesories and not hammers and nails? No. I mean Palmer's Feed Store. The one that has been there since about 1940 or so. On West Church street. You can buy baby chicks and laying mash for the chickens or molasseses for your cow or rolled oats for your horse there. A real Orlando institution. People used to drive in from the places that used to sprout plants, but now sprout homes to do business with them. Last time I was there I noticed that they were selling hardware. I asked about that and the owner said that he was trying to satisfy his customer's requests. I think your expectations of "urban" are greatly exaggerated if you think that the kind of store you want is always within walking distance which is what 6-8 blocks for you? There is a reason urban areas have bus and train systems. They aren't used just to get to work.
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“American”
Joined: Apr 14, 2008
Central Florida
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Scott wrote: If you're happy in the 'burbs, more power to you. It's a great place to live but i'm sure not for everyone.
I too have lived in a variety of urban locations and have found downtown O-town, especially now with the addition of the Publix, to be exactly the type of lifestyle I enjoy (no car required) at an affordable price (compared to living in most other urban areas). I'm with you, Scott. Downtown is great and only going to get greater.
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Otown Gator
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uf alum lives downtown and hates it! you would thing someone from such a great school would be smart enough to move, get a new job, transfer etc ie do something to end his misery. oh well.
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E Vey
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Otown Gator wrote: uf alum lives downtown and hates it! He hasn't said so, so I'm not sure he does. More than likely he is a wannabe. Since he can't, he slings arrows, or so it sounds to me.
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UF ALUM
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E Vey wrote: <quoted text>
He hasn't said so, so I'm not sure he does. More than likely he is a wannabe. Since he can't, he slings arrows, or so it sounds to me. I live in downtown... it is just as a much a residential suburb as it is a thriving metropolitan city core.
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E Vey
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Most downtown districts do not have a supermarket. That's because supermarkets are a later development that only came about post WWII. The Big Box Stores didn't come about until the '70's.
If you don't believe me, go live in downtown Atlanta or San Francisco for a while. If you want Manhattan, then go live in Manhattan, but be warned, all the Walmarts are in New Jersey or Long Island.
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Steve B
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This Publix will do Very Well in the long run...I work downtown and i hear the buzz all the time from other downtowner's about the Publix. This is going to be a hot lunch(sushi and sandwiches to go) spot and their traffic is only going to continue to grow as the real estate market comes to a final settle by the close of the year and things stir back up to a roar again in 4-6 yrs. http://www.OrlandoCondo411.com
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margaritanlime
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E Vey wrote: <quoted text>
No. I mean Palmer's Feed Store. The one that has been there since about 1940 or so. On West Church street. You can buy baby chicks and laying mash for the chickens or molasseses for your cow or rolled oats for your horse there.
A real Orlando institution. People used to drive in from the places that used to sprout plants, but now sprout homes to do business with them.
Last time I was there I noticed that they were selling hardware. I asked about that and the owner said that he was trying to satisfy his customer's requests.
I think your expectations of "urban" are greatly exaggerated if you think that the kind of store you want is always within walking distance which is what 6-8 blocks for you? There is a reason urban areas have bus and train systems. They aren't used just to get to work. Both are owned by the same family.(Palmers)
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margaritanlime
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UF ALUM wrote: <quoted text>
Are you talking about the same Palmers next to Leu Gardens in WP? The one that sells rose bushes and garden accesories and not hammers and nails?
Anyway, my point is that downtown Orlando severly lacks many amenities and is not the major metorpolitan area that many of its condo dwellers believe it is...
It is more or less a home to party kids who want to live close to all the popular bars and nightclubs.... oh, and walk to their favorite niche stores. We are not all party kids and apparently there are alot of us who find the downtown and closely surrounding area (Lake Eola Heights, Colonialtown, the area south which is stupidly being called So-Do) our cup of tea. I don't want NYC, I don't want LA and I don't want Chicago-If I did, I'd live there instead of here. Been there, done that. It's very easy to get around downtown Orlando, whether you are walking, taking the bus or driving a car. I like it here.
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E Vey
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"I like it here."
So what's the beef? If you want to get more stores in there, you need to tell them that. Next time you are in the Colonialtown Ace (or where ever), find the owner or manager and tell him where you live and how you wish he would open a small store there. Just for high volume things.
The lack of free parking is going to be the turn off for most people that would driver there. This means that downtown will have to generate it's own business, but when I pass by the little restaurants in the tall buildings, I don't see much business on Saturdays.
That doesn't bode well.
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UF ALUM
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margaritanlime wrote: <quoted text>
We are not all party kids and apparently there are alot of us who find the downtown and closely surrounding area (Lake Eola Heights, Colonialtown, the area south which is stupidly being called So-Do) our cup of tea. I don't want NYC, I don't want LA and I don't want Chicago-If I did, I'd live there instead of here. Been there, done that. It's very easy to get around downtown Orlando, whether you are walking, taking the bus or driving a car. I like it here. But most of you are... To each their own... I know there isn't a single business that I frequent in the 6 x 6 area everyone calls downtown. Not one... To me, Orlando is a continuous chain of suburbs... I mean, I live near College Park, I could walk to all the shops on Edgewater... but I wouldn't call College Park "downtown" or a thriving urban enviroment?
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margaritanlime
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E Vey wrote: "I like it here."
So what's the beef? If you want to get more stores in there, you need to tell them that. Next time you are in the Colonialtown Ace (or where ever), find the owner or manager and tell him where you live and how you wish he would open a small store there. Just for high volume things.
The lack of free parking is going to be the turn off for most people that would driver there. This means that downtown will have to generate it's own business, but when I pass by the little restaurants in the tall buildings, I don't see much business on Saturdays.
That doesn't bode well. I don't think I was complaining, I said I like it here. Someone else was complaining. Yes, parking is a problem that needs to be addressed but I would much rather live here than in a larger city. They all started from scratch.
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poor taxpayer
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Steve B wrote: This Publix will do Very Well in the long run...I work downtown and i hear the buzz all the time from other downtowner's about the Publix. This is going to be a hot lunch(sushi and sandwiches to go) spot and their traffic is only going to continue to grow as the real estate market comes to a final settle by the close of the year and things stir back up to a roar again in 4-6 yrs. http://www.OrlandoCondo411.com Keep smoking that crack. I also hear the Beanie Baby market will "roar again" too. Do any heterosexuals actually live in those condos?
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