Comments on: Should City Market Be Pedestrian Only?

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By: Bruce DeBoer

Bruce DeBoer — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:08:51 +0000

Don’t end traffic but cut down or eliminate street parking. The beauty of the market is it’s quaintness; cars dominate the landscape. But then, I’m a photographer by trade so I’m biased. You’d think it would be a great location for photos but the parked cars make make it nearly unusable.

By: VaNC

VaNC — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:58:20 +0000

If you don’t like driving or parking in city market, don’t, but I don’t think that cutting off vehicle access to the area makes sense. The businesses there need access to deliveries, etc. Having to make deliveries over cobblestone streets is crazy. That area is already having trouble renting their spaces. Having no access to the area other than by foot would not help their efforts to attrack businesses.

By: Ken Metzger

Ken Metzger — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:25:57 +0000

Whether or not it was the fact that cars were not allowed on Fayetteville St. that resulted in its demise is debatable. It died at the same time all of downtown died, and downtowns country wide died and everyone moved to the ‘burbs. If the same amount money that was invested in the infrastructure of the “new” Fayetteville St. were invested into say Wilmington St. (and all of the marketing) it would have a similar success. The one problem with the way Fayetteville Mall was that it was too much: too many fountains, statues, and even trees (and I love as many trees as possible, usually). The mall became invisible and not a wide open area for people and businesses. Pedestrian malls are successful all over, but they are wide open and very visible.
That being said it would be great if City Market was without cars. The problem is that it would cost way too much without a huge benefit, because it is very low traffic already.