\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted April 10, 2018 Posted April 10, 2018 It's an "open-air lifestyle center": http://buffalonews.com/2018/04/09/overhaul-of-northtown-plaza-in-amherst-could-start-in-may/
Seasons1992 Posted April 10, 2018 Posted April 10, 2018 This is just like the Rookwood shopping center here in Cincinnati......which is jammed-packed all the time. It will do just fine.
Rockpile233 Posted April 10, 2018 Posted April 10, 2018 Trendy description aside, it’s way better than the basically abandoned space I’m always driving by.
Buffalo_Gal Posted April 10, 2018 Posted April 10, 2018 Reminds me of the one in Oak Brook (which is my favorite shopping center in the US!) If it can work in a Chicago suburb with that cold, it can work in WNY.
apuszczalowski Posted April 12, 2018 Posted April 12, 2018 Love the hipster trendy names they give these places today to describe something to make it sound more high end. I see housing developments for adults 55+ and they call them "adult lifestyle communities" Instead of senior or retirement communities. But around here in the north this seems to be where trends are heading with shopping centers. They are getting away from the indoor malls where stores are accessed through an inside corridor and replaced with strips of stores that are accessed through exterior walkways. The outlet mall off the QEW in Niagara on the Lake was built this way recently, and the Pen Centre in St Catharines apparently was originally built that way then covered to create an indoor mall back in the 80s I believe.
snafu Posted April 12, 2018 Posted April 12, 2018 Is an "open air lifestyle center" for nudists? If it is, then no thanks. Most people who go shopping are pretty gross.
/dev/null Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 Just another bug for Amazon and Walmart to squash
apuszczalowski Posted April 14, 2018 Posted April 14, 2018 On 4/12/2018 at 7:58 PM, snafu said: Is an "open air lifestyle center" for nudists? If it is, then no thanks. Most people who go shopping are pretty gross. Imagine if it included a Walmart......
Marv's Neighbor Posted April 14, 2018 Posted April 14, 2018 On 4/10/2018 at 1:53 PM, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: It's an "open-air lifestyle center": http://buffalonews.com/2018/04/09/overhaul-of-northtown-plaza-in-amherst-could-start-in-may/ There are enough drugs in that area that they could imagine it being whatever they wanted. Open air lifestyle center may fit. Just not most people's "lifestyle."
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted April 14, 2018 Posted April 14, 2018 I remember as a kid being dragged through a February blizzard at the Thruway Plaza, and years later being glad someone had the sense to put a roof over it. Amazing how times and perceptions change.
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