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When I lived downtown, I wanted to get a Y membership, but they closed so early that it wasn't worth it for me. Combine that with the main reason I wanted to go to the Y rather than elsewhere was they had basketball, so I could get back into pick-up games (there's a ridiculous dearth of pick up basketball in this town), but most of the times I would be able to go, the courts were scheduled for programs.
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No idea what you're talking about. I've taken Birds and Limes all over the place, and I constantly see people riding them down the street as I stare out my window. Until someone tells me a better answer, as far as I'm concerned they ARE the perfect last mile solution. We are actively in a pandemic, so I mean, arguably its good people aren't scooting around.
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I've been actively looking at houses on the other side of Orange north of SoDo, since well... its in essence the exact same as Wadeview. But hasn't been any deals worth it. Oddly enough a home I was looking at back in 2016 before I bought mine got taken off the market abruptly. Saw it a few months later... on Zombie House Flipping -
Okay, but if "through" riders and "connectors" are the impetus... Put a protected bike lane on Illinois to connect Cady Way to OUT. Would be much more usable.
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I know I can often seem anti my own interests here... and I'm all for adding all of the protected bike lanes... but on Pine? Pine is one of the streets I've never had a concern about riding on. Especially on that side of Rosalind. Edit to clarify: My mindset tends to be that we need to make sure we are advancing our own urban interests and picking our battles carefully so as to not outrage the general populous. The Curry Ford effort was clearly a failure there. I have a similar concern here. The benefit of a protected bike lane for like 4 blocks on Pine is close to 0, but it has the chance of creating a lot of (untrue) outrage which then would hinder the possibility of getting a more important protected lane on Orange or Rosalind.
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I have 0 idea what this article is trying to point out. Moreover, what part of Ultimate is "unnecessary"? Rebuilding all the exit ramps and adding 4 lanes while maintaining 6 lanes of traffic? Not easy.
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I don't think we need to rehash this again. You're right. Cars are not more important. But they are also not second class citizens, despite what we want it to be. I walk around downtown all the time and have 0 issues crossing any of these streets.
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Am I missing something? It's the same width as 55W? Most major buildings take up an entire block when possible?
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Bird is one of the "original" scooter companies, and as a brand loyal person, I tend to try to use them whenever possible. Lime is their biggest competitor in the grand scheme. I'm not sure why you think someone will get pushed out (beyond standard capitalism, and with each company limited to 200, there's not actually free market forces happening). Most cities have 3-5 companies. You just have all the apps on your phone. The 10 mph is definitely an issue. I think it needs bumped to 12 and that would be a reasonable compromise as opposed to the 15 in other cities that have tons of bike lanes and side streets.
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Wait wait... Aloft was the old OUC building. So FDOT eminent domain'ed it. OUC got paid and given the current plot. OUC built new building. Old Building ended up not needed. Eminent Domain retracted and replaced with Aloft hotel.
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Fact. I've bought the same Schwinn Ranger from Target 5 or 6 times in the past 15 years (mainly because it got stolen a decent amount in college). Especially once I added bar ends and a good seat? It gets the job done quite well. I was gonna check out Orange and Kyle's, but haven't had the chance yet because they're closed on Sundays. I went in David's the one time and didn't enjoy the experience.
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Yeah, I def love trees, but they can be a hindrance. Gotta find the right balance.
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Figure as good as a place to ask as any... Thinking about finally investing in a real bike. Thoughts on where I should buy from and types/styles for combination commuting around town (aka pure road bike seems bad because of all the brick/curbs), but beyond the occasional going into the grass to avoid people, I'm not really offroading, so the schwinn mountain bike I have is probably being more harmful than good
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As someone who goes to the airport via Semoran, I'm very ehhhh about this. Yes, it is getting to be needed. But it isn't that bad yet except for the worst days. Not looking forward to the 2 years of having to probably leave earlier being that I'm the most last minute person when it comes to travel.
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Better known to us "newcomers" in the past 10 years as the AECOM building
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Waiting For Godot...er, Downtown Retail
AndyPok1 replied to spenser1058's topic in Orlando Coffee House
Wasn't sure where to post this, but a single stat spoke out to me in this article about Downtown Cleveland's rejuvenation. "Today, downtown has 473 retail businesses, with more than half restaurants—263—“Today, restaurants serve as retail anchors in downtown Cleveland in the same way department stores once did,”" https://www.freshwatercleveland.com/breaking-ground/DowntownGrowth021820.aspx -
Aren't we just a one-upper. No wonder I'm fat
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Was so confused what I was being quoted on haha. No idea why you think its an "extra $100". The price seems super fair to me... $167 for electric covering a 1100sqft 2/2 in the middle of summer? My 3/2 1300sqft is costing about the same amount.... after I installed new central A/C for $10k and replaced all the windows with energy efficient ones for $6k...
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389 North (AKA Zoi House) | 41-Story Mixed-Use [Proposed]
AndyPok1 replied to ucfpatriot18's topic in Orlando
The interesting thing is that there's minimal distinction being given to distance or age. Lofts at SoDo / Ecco / Novel Lucerne are all charging roughly downtown pricing. And the same is happening for the North Quarter and looks to continue with Yard / Mills Park. You are paying just as much for less amenities but still being "close". Only people I know staying in them long term rather than being in downtown proper are people that need more convenient parking. -
Now I want a Root Beer Float from UDF. As someone that walks to YouFit / Publix 5+ times a week, could not agree more.
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Also was Pipers for years (which I dearly miss) and who can forget the short lived HORSEPOWER
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Yeah, to be clear, no hating on my part towards Spense. As we've discussed previously, I just am excessively neurotic about actual journalism being more important than headlines and clickbait, especially in this age of twitter and social media where often we only see headlines and not read the rest. And this town... lacks.... severely at that. OBJ, Bungalower, Sentinel, Weekly, ESPECIALLY most of the tv news sites. I get it, It's a business. The headline, "Latest Report: I-4 Ultimate fell an additional 12 days behind schedule in the past 10 months." just doesn't create buzz and views and shares and revenue. Doesn't mean it doesn't frustrate me to my core.
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I enjoyed going there in college for dollar burger night... The Dr P location wasn't a bad "going-away" happy hour location when people were taking new jobs, but yeh otherwise... meh.
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THIS. IS. NOT. NEWS. It was 9 months behind schedule... LAST MAY. https://www.roadsbridges.com/report-claims-i-4-ultimate-project-orlando-nearly-nine-months-behind-schedule
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Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium [Renovation Completed]
AndyPok1 replied to jc_perez2003's topic in Orlando
Sure. My own anecdotal description of being on Church/Wall St the hours before games. The fact that I personally know multiple dozens of people who were eating/brunching downtown before going to the game and then continuing to drink and be out after the game. Filling 60-70k requires a mix of locals and out of towners. There will ALWAYS be people driving in. Also, think about not bowl games. Monster Jam, concerts, those are things that are only locals focused and still pack the house.
