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Chesterfield already has a Downtown.

^LOLOL!

This is one of my problems with New Urbanism. It tries to create artificially what occurred elsewhere naturally. And it really fails! New Urbanism, with its suburban downtowns, will never compete with the central city in terms of culture, density, or architectural diversity.



People want aspects of the City yet do not want to pay the extra cost, whether earnings tax or schools, for those benefits. Sorry but you can't have it both ways! No matter how many TDD's or TIF's you issue, your planned community will not even come close to real urbanism.



I also question the utility of attempting this replication when public dollars should be spent, through revenue sharing, on what already exists! Rather than zero sum replication of services and fighting over retail, Improve the City itself so the schools are better and there is no need for an earnings tax. This could be done through regional revenue sharing and increased cooperation and planning. As the services within the City improve, and the cost declines, people move back instead of creating "faux urbanism." Those who do not want urbanism will remain in the suburbs.



Yet people do not get elected by promoting a reduction in population and business within their own district even if it is for the greater good of the region.

It irritates me because I am paying for their social security. Not only do they have horrible taste but I am indirectly funding it!



I think my generation will basically categorically reject all suburban life, that being the choice of their parents. That is my hope.

Renderings for a few of the new buildings, plus a webcam.





100,000 square foot building





Downtown's Entrance





Building for a restaurant





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Park & Main: Downtown Chesterfield

WOW why did they even bother, they should have just threw up another Wal-Mart Super center.



This project looks cheap, conservative, and insular just like the city of Chesterfield and West County in general.

"We would also like the St. Louis Symphony to have a summer home here in Chesterfield," said Kathy Higgins, president of Sachs Properties. Cultural resources like the Missouri Botanical Garden, the St. Louis Zoo, as well as public libraries and parks get funded by tax money from all county residents, Sachs said, but the bulk of them are located within St. Louis City.



"We would like to bring at least pieces of those to other places, to Chesterfield," Higgins said.

Wow. What a moron. I live in Fairview and would be extremely pissed off if they started building knock-off attractions like a mini-zoo or mini-science center. Stuff like that is SUPPOSED to be in the city as far as I'm concerned.