Design District

[gumgum]

I'm so ahead of the times. I've been calling it the Design District for ages now.
Victoria shops create Design District

Small stores band together for marketing

[Nparker]

I understood this name had been adopted some time ago. In the spirit of Lower Johnson now being called "LoJo", will this area now be called "DeDi"?

[Caramia]

Quite awhile ago I tried to trace the origin of the name. As far as I can tell the first time it was used was on a piece of paper on the window of the little art gallery on the South side of Herald. After that Sager's furniture used it in an ad, and the downtown2020 people used it. Then City Council picked it up.

[G-Man]

Let us not shorten every name down. I like Design District. It is a solid name.

[gumgum]

There's so much room for improvement in that area still. It needs to densify bigtime.

Things I'd like to see happen:
-Bambu lot to be finally developed
-Start developing Rock Bay.
-Lose the Capitol Iron parking lot for mixed use or a big open concept artisan/ food market.
-Redevelop the Robbins parking lot along Finlayson in Chinatown.
-Open the waterfront to the public. Pubs, pathway, restaurants.
-Do something with the Janion and the parking lots around it.
-Sorry but that Volvo garage has got to go. At least sell of half of the land for mixed use and keep the rest for the business. There would still be plenty of room.

I agree. Don't shorten the name.

[Nparker]

Originally Posted by G-Man

Let us not shorten every name down. I like Design District. It is a solid name.

Originally Posted by gumgum

I agree. Don't shorten the name.

Geez, I would have thought the "tongue-firmly-planted-in-cheek" quality of my "suggestion" was rather obvious. I guess a sarcastic tone is not always evident in writing, but believe me, sarcasm was intended. For future reference I am NOT advocating the name "DeDi" for this area. In fact, I loathe the attempt to "manhattanize" part of old town with that ridiculous moniker "LoJo". Who the frak ever calls it that?

[G-Man]

^
Glad you were joking! It seems that every town is now doing this and it has become cheesey.

I think the garage could stay if it was developed to zero lot lines on the East and North side.