[Downtown LR outside the River Market area]

The original drawings looked very expensive and involved a lot of modern additions to the structure.

I think a more moderate renovation into apartments geared at young professionals would do very well.

Apartments would be good there.

[Downtown LR outside the River Market area]

Since I'm living in Dallas I miss things that are going on at times. I was really quite impressed when I drove down Broadway from the I-630 exit into downtown how much it's cleaned up. It always seemed a bit dirty and fast-food oriented. The renovation (and re-rebranding) of the old Holiday Inn, Radisson for a while and now La Quinta helped and the new Mosaic Templars building looks like it's coming along nicely. I hate to say it but somehow a nice new Starbucks there seemed to spruce it up (though that makes me suburban as hell). I can't remember what was there before the Starbuck's but that and the Mosaic Templars renovation have just completely lifted that end up. I suspect it was an old auto garage or parking lot.

The old YMCA building needs to be converted to something but it's still beautiful and impressive.

There really are getting to be very few areas of downtown LR that need fresh coats of paint and teardowns. There's a pocket over by the train station on E Markham where the Salvation Army mission is that could use it. Most of the core downtown actually has been revitalized.

South Broadway will never be an entertainment district but it no longer seems like an eyesore, either. Seeing that made me feel good about Little Rock.

Now it's time to really get to working on Main. It's almost the hole in the donut right now.

Tower owns the old Y. http://www.towerinv.com/index.php/states#Arkansas

[UALR]

Broadmoor would be fine, but I think I would stay away from anything south of UALR/Asher/Col. Glenn. Not even so much for safety, but just the fact that there's little to no desirable areas south of there and they would offer nothing that any of the areas Aporkalypse suggested do offer.

South of Asher there's no residential to speak off in reasonable walking or biking distance of UALR. If you're getting in your car to get to the campus, why live south of Asher as opposed to anywhere else? That area needs more roads and sidewalks connecting to UALR.

Broadmoor is fine though. The block's not busted yet, and all the houses are well-kept.

[Hillcrest and the Heights]

I sure hope that whatever moves in is of more quality than the tattoo operation just west of the building.

How long has that shop been there? I hadn't noticed it before. Kinda fits with the area though, at least in principle.