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I've never been to Asia but have heard about the mixed-use high-rises and am hopeful we'll get them. In Chicago our central business district has a decent varie
by kevinmchugh 3y ago
I've never been to Asia but have heard about the mixed-use high-rises and am hopeful we'll get them. In Chicago our central business district has a decent variety of retail beyond just the chains: a small jewelers' row, a comic book shop, a record store, some independent menswear and shoe shops, and yes, all at ground level. Some buildings have a barber or gym somewhere in them, and that's pretty nice.
I once heard an anecdote of two friends planning to meet up in the bar in a specific building in Tokyo and having to text to realize there were two bars, how cool is that?
It seems like there's a bunch of businesses that could help make an office building more enticing - specialty coffee shop, bar, barber/salon/nail salon, dry cleaning drop-off/pickup (this one I've seen). And then the one that might really make a big difference: daycare.
I'm not a parent so I assume there's a good answer why these buildings don't have daycares (commuting with the kid maybe is too difficult?)
- tomjakubowski 3y agowhat you've written here activated my nostalgia for playing SimTower. balancing the needs of residential, office and retail tenants... thanks for that
- potatolicious 3y ago> "It seems like there's a bunch of businesses that could help make an office building more enticing - specialty coffee shop, bar, barber/salon/nail salon, dry cleaning drop-off/pickup (this one I've seen). And then the one that might really make a big difference: daycare." A lot of the US already understand this, but they remain steadfastly bound to the idea that those services can only exist at ground-level (or in some basement level). The key conceptual gap is that it's totally fine for these businesses to be 10 storeys off the ground!