The Town Center construction

[G00fyDad]

Ridiculous. Are you sure you are not looking at Citywalk concept art?

I'm starting to see why so many people have you on ignore. There has been NO concept art showing the Westside with the mismatched facades they currently have. They have been shown to be a little more cohesive than the urban city street that is there now.

The only thing missing from the current view is neon signs, telephone wires, and billboards.

 

[jt04]

I'm starting to see why so many people have you on ignore. There has been NO concept art showing the Westside with the mismatched facades they currently have. They have been shown to be a little more cohesive than the urban city street that is there now.
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The only thing missing from the current view is neon signs, telephone wires, and billboards.

I think I said that westside is likely not finished and would be reworked later. Looks like you have the proof. I do not comb the web everday looking for DS concept art as the real Disney Springs is more impressive than the artwork.

 

[lazyboy97o]

There doesn't need to be a story. Just a cohesive theme to the look of all of the buildings.

Maybe it is just the OCD in me, but this is going to look like junk when it is done if they do not bring the look all together.

Very few themed environments feature a singular style. Even Main Street, USA features several different styles with 'Victorian' actually being more of a category of styles than being a single style.

You are quite simply wrong. Perhaps this is a first. And that Disney has changed the game. Again.

No game has changed, no matter how much you repeat that same stupid line over everything, even if it is contradictory. The story is the story and its not some big secret.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I'm starting to see why so many people have you on ignore. There has been NO concept art showing the Westside with the mismatched facades they currently have. They have been shown to be a little more cohesive than the urban city street that is there now.
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The only thing missing from the current view is neon signs, telephone wires, and billboards.

This image is of Pleasure Island, not the West Side.

 

[Next Big Thing]

Wow, these past few pages.... It's a Lifestyle Center. The idea that it needs a story or should follow one is laughable.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Wow, these past few pages.... It's a Lifestyle Center. The idea that it needs a story or should follow one is laughable.

And yet Disney wasted a lot of time and money developing one. Funny that the most successful part of Downtown Disney remains the Marketplace, which was just designed to be a really good shopping center with no complicated narrative to support the decision to just be contemporary.

 

[jt04]

Very few themed environments feature a singular style. Even Main Street, USA features several different styles with 'Victorian' actually being more of a category of styles than being a single style.


No game has changed, no matter how much you repeat that same stupid line over everything, even if it is contradictory. The story is the story and its not some big secret.

I strongly believe this concept will resonate with guests even if they are not fully aware of the concept. In the same way Disney designed theme parks do. It is very much like a land in world showcase but bigger. Save this and you can remind me later if I am wrong.

 

[jt04]

Wow, these past few pages.... It's a Lifestyle Center. The idea that it needs a story or should follow one is laughable.

Nobody says it needs to. However it does and well IMO. Welcome to the future.

 

[jt04]

This image is of Pleasure Island, not the West Side.

Yes, because that is the Paradiso I think.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I strongly believe this concept will resonate with guests even if they are not fully aware of the concept. In the same way Disney designed theme parks do. It is very much like a land in world showcase but bigger. Save this and you can remind me later if I am wrong.

I can tell you right now. The content is not at all similar to World Showcase. People will respond to it because it is following well established principles behind Lifestyles Centers like The Grove and Americana.

 

[jt04]

I can tell you right now. The content is not at all similar to World Showcase. People will respond to it because it is following well established principles behind Lifestyles Centers like The Grove and Americana.

We will see. I say it is those but on steroids. Might need more parking.

 

[lazyboy97o]

We will see. I say it is those but on steroids. Might need more parking.

There is nothing to see. The concept is known. The districts you keep hyping are aesthetic, not content. Spaces are occupied by leasing agreements, not theme.

 

[jt04]

There is nothing to see. The concept is known. The districts you keep hyping are aesthetic, not content. Spaces are occupied by leasing agreements, not theme.

Granted. But I think the overall atmosphere will be a very powerful draw. A place people want to visit and bring others. Much more than PI or previous configurations could.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Granted. But I think the overall atmosphere will be a very powerful draw. A place people want to visit and bring others. Much more than PI or previous configurations could.

That's the whole point of a lifestyle center...

 

[jt04]

That's the whole point of a lifestyle center...

This one just takes it to a new height. It will be beautiful and inspirational to other designers and urban planners.

 

[danlb_2000]

Granted. But I think the overall atmosphere will be a very powerful draw. A place people want to visit and bring others. Much more than PI or previous configurations could.

... and much like the Grove in LA.

 

[danlb_2000]

This one just takes it to a new height. It will be beautiful and inspirational to other designers and urban planners.

Please explain clearly what make this any different from other life style centers, other then that it's a little bigger. There is nothing that I have seen so far that is really new that other planners would need to learn from.

 

[danlb_2000]

I'm starting to see why so many people have you on ignore. There has been NO concept art showing the Westside with the mismatched facades they currently have. They have been shown to be a little more cohesive than the urban city street that is there now.
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The only thing missing from the current view is neon signs, telephone wires, and billboards.

I don't believe that picture is of the west side, I think that is the new shops on the old Pleasure Island. This picture is from the west side and shows the mis-matched facades. They haven't show much concept art for the west side because other then the highline, it's not getting as many changes.

 

[Mouse Detective]

Correct. West Side only getting highline sections, food truck park and now the NBA restaurant. And I read rumor of Bongo's being replaced.

 

[jt04]

Correct. West Side only getting highline sections, food truck park and now the NBA restaurant. And I read rumor of Bongo's being replaced.

That would be a pity. Hope they keep the building at least.