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

[Ellen Roskovich]

Make the Moscow Hotel a "mall"!?  Don't any of you remember David's Department Store?  When they closed their doors back in the early 80's, that's exactly what happened. . .it was turned into a mini mall that no one supported.  Then it sat empty for how many years?
 
And a roof over Main Street. . . . What plans do you propose for our beautiful trees that line Main Street. . . chop them down, cut them up for firewood or drag them off to the landfill?
 
You're supposed to learn from your mistakes folks. . . . not just go around repeating them.
 
Ellen A. Roskovich
 
 
> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:32:40 -0800> From: lfalen at turbonet.com> To: chasuk at gmail.com; mattd2107 at hotmail.com> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Chas's Plan for Moscow Was: Will Moscow supportHawkins sprawl-mall?> > Chas> > Worth looking into.> Roger> -----Original message-----> 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> > > > =======================================================> > List services made available by First Step Internet, > > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. > > http://www.fsr.net > > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> > =======================================================> > =======================================================> List services made available by First Step Internet, > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. > http://www.fsr.net > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> =======================================================
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