Quote Originally Posted by Lowell View Post
IMO, Bloomfield Park would have met the same fate as Fountain Walk, anemic occupancy followed by collapse, reorganization and partial demolition.
I wouldn't call the Fountain Walk a complete disaster. It was overbuilt and, as far as creating a downtown environment, not close to it's goal. However, there are plenty of businesses there. Emagine, Lucky's/whatever that club is called, Hooters, Rojo, BW3, Great Indoors... You can pass judgement as to the, ahm, quality of the tenants, but I see the parking lot pretty busy when I drive by every day.

On a related note, anyone know what the big empty lot just to the east of Bloomfield Park was? An old Google Maps image showed something that looked like an orchard, or a drive-in theater.

It's in between the two ponds and Wrenn street in this map:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...01545&t=h&z=17