yea no kidding. It seems like most of downtown disney is walled off right now.
Btw when are we going to start calling it disney springs?
probably not till closer to completion/grand opening.. they wouldn't want to start calling it the new name while its still a giant construction site
An elevated train track with no train. Makes sense.
In Imagineer speak it is called "theming".
the west side is suppose to be the "urban" theme, so this fits in to this example the Chicago L and the NYC High Line
I feel they are certainly dragging out construction but more so with the construction order that garage should be having people working on it 24/7 the 'High Line' stuff should be rushed to get it done ... plus funny that Disney doesn't want to yet shopping centre's around the world at least announce key tenants before construction.
Doesn't seem like they are dragging it out. they have 5 cranes. and who says they aren't working 24/7 for some things you can't do it 24/7 I mean concrete has to dry/cure.. and they probably spend the nights doing alot of materials deliveries, etc, which is probably sure to be more evident soon once pre cast beams/etc begin arriving, as they would want to keep these 60ft plus trailer loads away from consumer traffic as much as possible.
Don't most people announce tenants to a) establish their anchors.. to attract more tenants b) help establish their project's identity in the community to get support for locality things like zoning, support, etc
Why does Disney need to do any of that with DTD? For a... it's freaking Disney. For b.. they can do what they want without the need to schmooze local politicans or community groups.
well said.. they dont have to announce tenants since the project is a go ahead regardless and not dependent on financing, and disney controls most of their own zoning etc, which isn't changing a big shopping area is simply getting bigger, the zoning isn't changing.
Based on what information? The final outcome not matching what YOU wish to see? I think that's pretty presumptuous. For all we know they would have everyone and their mother lined up but people don't want to deal with disney's terms... We don't know what decides the tenants .
There's been a bunch announced there logos were released awhile back, any spaces left i'm sure they won't have a problem filling.. if they are being picky its because its disney and thus far anyways they've tried to stay unique a little (adding starbucks isn't really unique, but its popular)
we can all hope that they will be more selective and not simply add the run of the mill stores that you will find any any mall.
