tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post113053487486519312..comments2023-10-02T08:28:06.724-05:00Comments on Ecology of Absence: Too Much Parking Around 900 Block of LocustMichael R. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262548806079447404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-1130768456844106902005-10-31T08:20:00.000-06:002005-10-31T08:20:00.000-06:00And the City's publicly financed parking garages s...And the City's publicly financed parking garages seem to attract more public sector tenants than any private sector businesses.<BR/><BR/>The garage in the CWE has the Schlafly library.<BR/><BR/>The Cupples and Marquette garages downtown lack retail space, the latter now sold to the Federal Reserve.<BR/><BR/>The Central (7th "City Heroes") garage has as its main tenant the City's Parking Division of the City Treasurer's Office. And of course, the clerks won't make change for you to feed any meter.<BR/><BR/>The new 9th Street garage-mahal may have a Walgreen's that was already in the Century, but otherwise is parking for tenants that already had downtown locations.<BR/><BR/>Now, some of the Kiener garage tenants want to move to the Ballpark Village or elsewhere. It would seem obvious that most private businesses prefer ground floor spaces of more vibrant mixed use buildings, not lifeless parking garages.<BR/><BR/>But Geisman, herself preferring to park in on-street spaces, knows best that someone is attracted to all the added off-street parking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com