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July 3, 201113 yr Thanks. Lots of big buildings, but except for the downtown shopping malls, that downtown gives new meaning to the term "dead at street level." Those buildings have virtually no ability for pedestrian interaction with the sidewalks, apart from the access to/from the upper-floor uses. Reminds me of the Cleveland Clinic! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 4, 201113 yr Thanks for the tour! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 4, 201113 yr Interesting shots. Living in the midwest where there's lots of land for developers to sprawl into, I got a jolt from seeing a Wal-Mart downtown. I know that the company has implemented a strategy of creating smaller-footprint stores so that they can gp into urban areas, but that's the first one I remember seeing.
July 4, 201113 yr ^Looks like that Wal*mart still has pretty big footprint. The only difference is that the parking lot is stacked on top of the store. I went to Wal*mart the other day. I shop there infrequently. It seems that the foot traffic near the entrance rivals the traffic in many urban areas. Also, the Wal*mart I went to has an indoor "street" with storefronts including McDonalds, so geometrically it's not so different from a traditional urban area. If it wasn't for the huge parking lot, Wal*mart wouldn't be so bad.
July 4, 201113 yr Replies : KJP : the Deserted Street in Question or Hamilton Street , has no retail or restaurants those its mostly empty. Most of the people who live or work in WP can be found on the busy streets like Main street , Mamaroneck Ave , East Post Road , or Martine Ave. Slowly but surely the core is being filled up , and Hamilton Ave is getting alot of Developments. All the Suburban type office space and low density developments that line half the street will be demolished to make way for the 'Grand Central" Sized 7 block development and New train station. ColDayMan : Thankyou Robert Pence : If you back into the early 80s , most our cities were sprawl. Starting in the late 80s , they decided to transform most of them into Mini-NYC's and so far WP's has seceded with that. The most recent Google Maps Satilite photo was taken in the summer of 2010. All the open parking lots will be gone by 2025 , most will be merged into garages.. Any New large scale store in Downtown must have garages and limited to one block or less. The Wal Mart is half a block , but 3 stories.....the Garage is another 6 stories.... I beleave the WP's Wal Mart was one of the first Urban Wal Marts in the Country , DC and Philly have some planned...similar look to WP. Eighth and State : Yea the parking lots of Wal Marts and other super chains are a turn off....they take up so much space that can be used for other things.... Projects to be completed in White Plains by 2040 : 6-12 New High Rises Complete Dense Downtown Core Walkable landscapes on every Downtown street City wide Bike lanes I-287 Covered near Downtown / East White Plains in cut / cover park I-287 Bus Rapid Transit w/ 6 stations in WP I-287 Full Rail Corridor w/ 3 stations in WP Convention Center?
July 5, 201113 yr Will the rail line be relocated closer to the urban core as part of this new station project, or will the downtown core be expanded closer to the station? What links or other details can you provide about the station project? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 5, 201113 yr 2 Routes under Downtown , and under neighboring towns Downtown areas.... The First phase would not include White Plains , they want to get the Stewart Airport link and GTC connection to West of the Hudson up and running. The Second Phase will run from the Tappan Zee to Port Chester.
July 8, 201113 yr I wouldn't go that far. White Plains actually has an older, established core versus a more 1960's-planned Rosslyn. Think if Lakewood actually had a large viable downtown centered around transit, that'd be White Plains. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 9, 201113 yr Nexis4Jersey, thanks so much! Before you posted that, I was looking at Bing and Google maps of the area and wondering if anyone thought about an east-west rail transit line through the area from Stamford, through White Plains, to someplace like Suffern. I had no idea there was actual planning going on along similar lines! That's great to hear. Cities like London and Paris have circumferential rail transit lines. I've often wondered why Boston, New York, Philly, DC or Chicago do not. I wonder if any of these cities, other than Chicago's long-proposed STAR line, have anything in the hopper.... Great stuff, thanks! Now I can also see how Amtrak's NextGen HSR line to Boston could be routed through White Plains. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 9, 201113 yr Definitively reminds me of Rosyln. Yuck! White Plains always looked like this in a way , but in the 80s they redid it and built it up.....
July 9, 201113 yr I wouldn't go that far. White Plains actually has an older, established core versus a more 1960's-planned Rosslyn. Think if Lakewood actually had a large viable downtown centered around transit, that'd be White Plains. Indeed it is , all of Westchester's Cities are built around Transit , even the towns are built around the RR's... Future wise the County is building sidewalks on all roads and streets by 2025 they really want to reduce car dependency....and cities like WP's and Yonkers are at the forefront of the that county wide push...
July 9, 201113 yr Nexis4Jersey, thanks so much! Before you posted that, I was looking at Bing and Google maps of the area and wondering if anyone thought about an east-west rail transit line through the area from Stamford, through White Plains, to someplace like Suffern. I had no idea there was actual planning going on along similar lines! That's great to hear. Cities like London and Paris have circumferential rail transit lines. I've often wondered why Boston, New York, Philly, DC or Chicago do not. I wonder if any of these cities, other than Chicago's long-proposed STAR line, have anything in the hopper.... Great stuff, thanks! Now I can also see how Amtrak's NextGen HSR line to Boston could be routed through White Plains. The Second phase of the Rail link will not happen till the 2030s , but phase 1 Hillburn - Tarrytown might happen later this decade. Phase 2 requires a mostly tunnel solution , so the County is recommending BRT go first and then finish the CRT phase 2 later. Both the Full build CRT and BRT will attract over 200,000 new riders and add an estimated 6-9,000 New commuters to every intersecting line. The I-287 Corridors holds an estimated 400,000 jobs , Downtown White Plains grows by 50,000 alone in weekday workforce... Bus Ridership is also expected to double when the project is completed , which means 200,000+ ppl could be using Westchester's Bee Line bus service. There are also plans for a few more stations in Westchester along the New Haven and Hudson lines. As for the Next Gen HSR , i have no idea what is going on....they have angered just about every city in the NE with that ridiculous northern route.
July 9, 201113 yr As for the Next Gen HSR , i have no idea what is going on....they have angered just about every city in the NE with that ridiculous northern route. Careful. A good friend of mine was one of the principals in suggesting the northern route which would be faster, more direct, require less demolition, and cost less than building 220 mph HSR on the coast while serving a larger population base. And the regional service would remain on the coast. OK moving on.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 10, 201113 yr As for the Next Gen HSR , i have no idea what is going on....they have angered just about every city in the NE with that ridiculous northern route. Careful. A good friend of mine was one of the principals in suggesting the northern route which would be faster, more direct, require less demolition, and cost less than building 220 mph HSR on the coast while serving a larger population base. And the regional service would remain on the coast. OK moving on.... I liked the Long Island route , it was straight and serviced 6 Million , compared to this 3 million serviced route. It would also use existing ROW and Interstate medians....the bad part is the 20 mile underwater tunnel under the Sound.... But alot of Long Islanders go up to New England for employment , school and recreation ...choking the roads , Ferries , and Railways.... So hopefully the LI route goes through....instead of the CT route which is also more hilly...
July 10, 201113 yr I understand. Problem is the tunneling on LI. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 15, 201113 yr And here I thought White Plains was some suburb of NYC. Its considerably more high-rise-office than I expected. You should do a shoot of Yonkers. Ive been reading about the place and it sounds really schizophrenic...industrial/ethnic (or used to be) mixed with commuter suburb.
July 16, 201113 yr And here I thought White Plains was some suburb of NYC. Its considerably more high-rise-office than I expected. You should do a shoot of Yonkers. Ive been reading about the place and it sounds really schizophrenic...industrial/ethnic (or used to be) mixed with commuter suburb. Yonkers is on the list , its starting to become like White Plains minus the high rises....
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