Red = empty street-level commercial space downtown
As someone who is downtown every day, I find the street-level experience in most of downtown to be depressing with no signs of change. Thought I’d make a visual of just one section of downtown (it’s even worse to the south, but better to the north in Denny triangle). The mayor seems to think downtown is on the rise. To me, it is not until this map starts changing for the better. Nothing has opened, there are no building permits for any of these spaces, people are back but we’re all just walking past empty space. Anyone who thinks this is normal should travel more!
As someone who is downtown every day, I find the street-level experience in most of downtown to be depressing with no signs of change. Thought I’d make a visual of just one section of downtown (it’s even worse to the south, but better to the north in Denny triangle). The mayor seems to think downtown is on the rise. To me, it is not until this map starts changing for the better. Nothing has opened, there are no building permits for any of these spaces, people are back but we’re all just walking past empty space. Anyone who thinks this is normal should travel more!