Urban Neighborhoods: Five Points

[nestliving]

The new Bark Boutique is a really cool shop and a great addition to the collection of shops already here. With only 3 spots left on the entire strip it's great to see that business in this area is still growing.

[JaxNative68]

thanks for the clarity breaburn, as earlier thought, my eyes do not deceive me.

[jbroadglide]

Photo caption contest...2nd to last photo..is the girl in black looking at the girl in purple over her right shoulder and thinking "my boobs are better than your boobs"

[Ocklawaha]

Just add ELECTRIC STREETCAR! Instant perfection...

OCKLAWAHA

[5 Points Theatre]

Here's the 5 Points Theatre Building in January of 2004.

The stucco was added in 1978 as an attempt to 'modernize' the appearance of the building.

[Dog Walker]

Thank you Mike and Jack Shad.  Thank you, thank you!  Now there is only one of J. Brooks Haas's eyesores left in Riverside.

[jason_contentdg]

Wow, that's the first time I've seen what the theatre building looked like before the Shads got a hold of it.  Beautiful job in that restoration, that's one hell of an Urban Facelift.

[braeburn]

What a terrible looking fortress it appeared to be 

[TheProfessor]

The paint on that Fu Hao Bistro is not working, otherwise looking good =)

[DavidWilliams]

Thank you Mike and Jack Shad.  Thank you, thank you!  Now there is only one of J. Brooks Haas's eyesores left in Riverside.

I forgot that it looked that way in 04 and I have been driving by for the last ten or so years. Great retro fit job.

[DavidWilliams]

The new Bark Boutique is a really cool shop and a great addition to the collection of shops already here. With only 3 spots left on the entire strip it's great to see that business in this area is still growing.

Haven't been in what does Bark specialize in?

[lindab]

It's a hot dog stand

[Fallen Buckeye]

I was out there at the RAM for that Grandpa's Cough Medicine show. Small world. By the way, love what they have done under the bridge there. Such a simple amphitheater couldn't have cost a whole lot, but it's nice place to catch a concert. Someone needs to take notes on what they did right under the bridge and see if they can apply it to other parks and neighborhoods too.

[DavidWilliams]

It's a hot dog stand

I was guessing dog groomer..but really? 

[Dog Walker]

The whole area under the approach to the Fuller Warren Bridge for the Riverside Arts Market was designed by architect Melanie Bishop, the wife of city councilman, Bill Bishop.  It is incredibly efficient use of the space and was also very economical to build.  Just brilliant!  I think she is now designing an expansion of the market up Peninsular Place to the Riverside Park.

The whole concept of the Market from the initial idea, to the coordination of several government agencies and private companies, to the design should indeed be used as an example.