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A better Livonia; City Beautification
Topic Started: Jan 22 2008, 02:55 PM (1,478 Views)
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livoniarocks
Jan 24 2008, 02:43 PM
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Jan 24 2008, 02:07 PM
To me, Livonia is beginning to look more and more like Warren.  If you drive thru Warren, you see half empty strip malls everywhere, drug and party stores on every corner, lots of drive-thrus, and lots of empty commerical bldgs.

This is what Livonia is becoming.  I think this council is doing nothing to discourage that and lots to encourage it.  I recognize the value of bringing additional businesses to our aging city, but all these strip malls and walgreens are really changing the face of the city, IMO.

Well then what would you like the Council to do?


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Change the entrance signs to read:


[size=7]Welcome to Livonia.

Home of Walgreens.[/size]
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Xena
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Bill Williamson
Jan 23 2008, 06:05 PM
livoniarocks
Jan 22 2008, 02:49 PM
BrokenRhino
Jan 22 2008, 01:55 PM


-A downtown. No, Plymouth road is not a downtown. I know it is a pie in the sky idea but would give this city a draw and an identity.


Where would you put a downtown? we are 98% developed.

I'm reading of some thoughts such as "downtown" walking to shops, and
identity. Plymouth, Northville and Dearborn have downtown districts
which are a lot older than the 50 years Livonia has been a City. Novi is
spending a ton of money to create a downtown district. And it will always
feel sterile and plastic like a Hollywood movie set.
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Real downtown districts were in place long before the interstates bypassed
the cities. Livonia is south of the Grand River route to Brighton and Lansing.
Plymouth Rd was probably the closest thing we had to a traditional Downtown
setting. Traffic flowed thru from Detroit to Ann Arbor before I-96.
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Most "downtown areas have a small theater, a bar or two, a good restaurant,
hardware store, 5/10 (an old version of a dollar store), Cunningham's with a
lunch counter. Yep even in the old days there seemed to be a drugstore on
each corner. But, most importantly real downtowns have parking on the street. Remember when you could park at the curb right in from of the corner bakery.
Is there even one street in Livonia which still allows for parking in front of a
store? I can't think of one. Woodward Ave near 14 mile maintains street parking. That's a lot busier than Plymouth Rd. and Hubbard.
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Livonia forces us to park in a lot by the store you are shopping at. Mini malls,
strip malls and Mega Malls, they all do the same thing. Get you in then out.
Gotta open up that free parking space for the next person.
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Since we don't have a central area full of diverse services and park like settings,
we need to make it easy for people to traverse from one pocket of services to
another, by bike or foot. One example would be to construct a wide pedestrian
bridge over Farmington Rd. at Lyndon. I don't mean the cheap chain link type
but concrete styles like what you see in college towns.
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I can't think of one reason why making it easier to walk or ride a bike from all
those homes on the east side of Farmington Rd. to Ford field, the YMCA, Eddie
Edgar, Stymelski Park etc. is bad. The Silver Village folks could easily cross to
the east and stroll to the Civic library, the little restaurant at the corner of 5 mile
or listen to the concerts by City Hall in the summer. Another pedestrian bridge
over 5 mile near Hubbard would make it easier to get a Dairy Barn ice cream
after working out at the rec. center. Designate a bike lane along Hubbard from
5 mile north to a pedestrian bridge over 6 mile to Rotary Park.
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A better Livonia, Make it pedestrian friendly and a cyclist paradise.
Detroit is doing this with its river walk.
Chicago is pushing to be bicyclist friendly.

I think Bills idea is great. That corner of Livonia has always been the unofficial center of Livonia. Why not just zero in on it. Theres alot of history in that area with the old cemetary, the school board building and the building the day care is now in. Someone from Council needs to get involved in this and maybe something will materialize. There's been talk of this for years. Perhaps our new Mayor would get involved?
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Xena
Jan 25 2008, 10:13 AM
I think Bills idea is great. That corner of Livonia has always been the unofficial center of Livonia. Why not just zero in on it. Theres alot of history in that area with the old cemetary, the school board building and the building the day care is now in. Someone from Council needs to get involved in this and maybe something will materialize. There's been talk of this for years. Perhaps our new Mayor would get involved?

Don't forget Bates! I just ate there last night --yum!
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Purple Haze
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Extra Olives
Jan 25 2008, 11:27 AM
Xena
Jan 25 2008, 10:13 AM
I think Bills idea is great.  That corner of Livonia has always been the unofficial center of Livonia. Why not just zero in on it. Theres alot of history in that area with the old cemetary, the school board building and the building the day care is now in. Someone from Council needs to get involved in this and maybe something will materialize. There's been talk of this for years. Perhaps our new Mayor would get involved?

Don't forget Bates! I just ate there last night --yum!

my fave in comfort food!

as I'm on day two of the flu, I'd like a double cheeseburger, no pickle, extra onion, and a small choc shake (watching my weight, ya know!) :lol:
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