[Vision2020] Chas's Plan for Moscow Was: Will Moscow supportHawkins sprawl-mall?

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Chas

Worth looking into.
Roger
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From: Chasuk chasuk at gmail.com
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:32:38 -0800
To: "Matt Decker" mattd2107 at hotmail.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Chas's Plan for Moscow Was: Will Moscow supportHawkins sprawl-mall?

> I would support a new mall.  First, because maybe it would draw a few
> of the restaurants that Matt mentioned.  I'm a t-shirt and jeans type
> of guy (my pocketbook and my balloon-belly dictate this, not my
> fashion-sense), so the prospect of trendier clothing establishments
> doesn't excite me, but it might excite the Britney and the Paris
> wannabes that I see on campus.  They have to graduate from the
> thong-tramp-stamp look eventually, and it might as well be in Moscow.
> 
> Erm, okay, so this mall is outside of Moscow, but it will still draw
> Pullman residents (including the Britney and Paris clones) in this
> direction, to shop at Winco and Hastings and BookPeople and to dine at
> the several appealing restaurants that Moscow does offer.  Maybe it
> will even give ghostly Staples a little trade.
> 
> The jobs will still largely go to Moscow residents, who will make more
> money working in Washington that this slave-wage state manages, but
> they will spend a big chunk of it in Moscow.  If there is a decent
> cinema in this mall, then I won't need to drive to the Village, and
> might then spend my meager date money at Applebee's or The Pantry
> instead of at Denny's or the Fireside Grill.
> 
> There are pluses and minuses.  I hate the homogeneity of malls, of
> Wal-Mart, of McDonald's/Pizza Hut/etc., but I am a fickle,
> impoversihed hypocrite who buy at the those places while hating them.
> 
> Here's what I would like to see in Moscow:
> 
> 1. Put a multistory car park on the corner of 6th and Jackson, or
> someplace else along Jackson between third and 6th.
> 2, Erect passenger overpasses across Jackson, maybe including one into
> the Moscow Hotel, which has been gutted and turned into a mall full of
> trend expensive shops.  Or quaint, interesting shops, with a few
> restaurants.
> 3.  Pedestrianize Main Street from approximately Mingles to
> approximately Gritman.  Tear up the asphalt and lay cobblestones.
> 4.  Build a huge roof over this entire area.  I've seen it done in
> London and other places in England, frequently covering train
> stations, and it can be quite attractive.   Anchor it from the
> buildings on both sides.  No more inconvenience associated with snow.
> 5.  Install a slow, looping tram for those whose legs don't work so good.
> 
> People would travel for miles and miles to this enchanted shopping
> area.  It would be preferable to another boring mall 10 times out of
> 10.
> 
> Chas
> 
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