Gothamist: A Center By Any Other Name Would Be a Mall

Will

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:51:59 -0500

re: oasis comment up top - har! Whole Foods is great, but it would be great in any building. The mall is the worst, as all malls in NYC are. In this case the stores are terribly elitist, and of course its not public property so that pretty much kills everything that is wonderful about NY Street life....political outbursts, breakdancing, whatever etc. Revitalization of that corner is better than before and they did a very very nice job with the trees and little stool like things along the whole front that you can sit on. The mall still sucks - they could have carved it up more to have towers with more public space and smaller lower price retail. Jazz upstairs is totally cool, but the building is pretty damn imposing, like a set of big glass knifes hurtling at you. Lastly, Columbus Cirlce is still a swirling death trap. They should have done something to slow the cars, force a left turn, anything, cut it off. Its almost impossible to not get killed on roller blades or a bike or walking by hell bound cabs and buses. BTW - there used to be a bus that left from that corner that would take family members (yes all black) out to the prisons. thats not at the mall. Hmmm...wonder where they moved that too?!!

Brightliner

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:53:26 -0500

No, putting a roof over SoHo wouldn't make it a mall. You'd have to shut out all traffic, too. Which would be fine by me. I just love it when the city closes all streets in a section of town for an event and people can walk through the streets without worrying about being run over.

Nathan

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:20:43 -0500

Calling the TWC an "oasis in the city" makes me want to throw up, esp since the damn thing is right next to Central Park. NJ people are weird and fucked up.

Marilyn

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:07:53 -0500

The Time Warner Center is ok. I go to the Equinox downstairs which I love. Other than Borders and Whole Foods, the only store I go to there is Sephora and that's.....ok, there are better Sephora's in the city. I just go there out of convenience since it's so close to work.