Big Plans for Fulton Mall Makeover
The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership is gearing up for a $15 million renovation of the Fulton Mall. According to an article by Stephen Witt in the print edition of yesterday’s Courier Life, the renovation will take two years and be performed in two phases. Phase 1 will create new public space (to be called Albee Square…
The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership is gearing up for a $15 million renovation of the Fulton Mall. According to an article by Stephen Witt in the print edition of yesterday’s Courier Life, the renovation will take two years and be performed in two phases. Phase 1 will create new public space (to be called Albee Square Plaza) in front of the entrance to the old Albee Square Mall; as part of this project, Dekalb Avenue will be closed from Bond Street to Albee Square West. The Partnership envisions this space being used for anything from performances to outdoor markets. Phase 2, which won’t start until next year, will address outdoor infrastructure like sidewalks and street furniture throughout the rest of the Fulton Mall. “The new streetscape will bring everything down to a more personal and individual level so instead of seeing a giant ugly bus shelter you will see trees, benches, plantings and the stores,” DBP’s Michael Burke told The Courier. Existing retail tenants and landlords, who have been consulted though the design process, are looking forward to the upgrades: “When we saw the plans for this we were absolutely thrilled,” said Macy’s SVP Ed Goldberg. “It will make the whole streetscape much more modern and conducive to shopping and safer.”
ReMiXxd – funny you mention that , i thought the same (used to live on 24th st. and SM Blvd. Fulton is a LONG way from becoming 3rd St. Prom in terms of the type of stores, and closing off the street is key. Proximity to the beach probably helps in making it a destination place. Unfortunately, it’s also home of the homeless.
I feel they are trying to create the success of the Third st Promenade in Santa Monica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Street_Promenade
I’ve been there, it’s really nice. There are street performers everywhere. The street itself is closed off to traffic which I believe will need to be done on Fulton to really create a change.
WHAT??!!! Those works of art? Bulldoze????? Oh you barbarians! 🙂
Forget about the stores on the Fulton Mall–they’re fine. But can we please bulldoze those awful blue “gateways” at either end of the mall? Those have to be among the fugliest things in the whole borough.
The rendering is the rendering…..which may or may not reflect the demographics of the Fulton Mall but probably do represent the demographics that we are suppossed to aspire to in our multi-ethnic city.
But what could be perceived as racist is the notion that improving the look and infrastructure of the mall is an attempt to “fix it” or somehow make the shoppers more “white” ->
As though Black people (for lack of a better term) wouldnt appreciate a nicer shopping environment, more trees and public space.
The demographics of who shops there is determined by the tenants (product & price) and it accessibility via public transportation. Nothing in this plan has any impact on that….
Ditto and Bxgrl;
Whether or not The What is a creation of Mr. B,your point is right on: his only aim is to draw attention to himself. I thought of The What this morning when I saw that those two clowns, Bill Maher and Ann Coulter, had a “debate” last night. He is in a class with these folks. Neither of these people are really interested in a serious debate, and neither has a strongly-held belief. Rather, their main objective is to pump up their own noteriety, and if it takes an outrageous statement to do so (in the absence of real talent or insight),well, so be it.
I have said it before, and I’ll say it again: the best way to handle these types of folks is to simply ignore them. Do not give them what they want, which is noteriety.
You know, I wondered that myself several times. Some posters are always on point, so to speak. You always know how they will post no matter the issue so they seem kind of flat, personality wise. Most of us are much more changeable, and shaded in our thinking and opinions. Other posters I see as fake: whuh, cornerbodega, and newbie randolph.
I used a Peter Brimelow book back in college for my senior thesis to get the ultra-conservative side of the argument re illegal immigration. Didn’t know he was still kicking around.
I wonder if the What is actually Mr. B’s clever ploy to drum up more posts.