[12:03] Apparently the new "megaplex of fuckery" that is going into Royal Oak has caused Andiamo's to close up [12:04] That's the building that took out the parking lot behind Andiamo's over by the library [15:11] huh, i'm surprised. Andiamo's always did good business when I used to frequent that area [15:11] is the Rochester one still open? [15:21] Andiamo's lost 100% of the parking near it [15:22] and the valet can't get between the restaurant and the farmer's lot because of that stupid construction there [15:22] and considering the clientele of Andiamo's trends toward older folks it means there's no way for them to get to the restaurant without a whole lot of walking [15:36] 1 block? [15:36] it's worse than that [15:37] oh. [15:37] Think of the entire parking lot from 11 mile to 5th street [15:37] now imagine that completely gone [15:37] then, imagine there's no way to get from the farmer's lot to main street unless you cross at 11 mile and walk on the north side [15:38] or walk down to the south side of 5th [15:44] wtf? that is all construction? [15:44] that is a huge project. what is it? [15:45] it's a large office building [15:45] cool location for an office :) [15:45] yeah, I'm sure it'll be awesome, when there's not much around it other than the office bulding [15:46] IIRC it's going to have the new City Hall in there. [15:46] and then they'll shuffle around some of the other buildings downtown [15:46] but frankly it's going to be a clusterbleep [15:46] oh. [15:47] is washington street all messed up too? [15:47] the signs around the construction have such imaginitive titles as "wealth management, inc." and "Technology Inc." [15:47] and the developer has a history of not finishing projects and leaving the city with the bill [15:47] but whatever. Leeches gotta leech [15:47] wow! and the city approved it? [15:48] washington is OK for now [15:48] Oh yes! [15:48] The city thinks this is awesome [15:48] despite Mr. B's and the businesses bitching up a storm [15:48] and a lawsuit that was dismissed [15:48] they think it's brilliant [15:51] thing is they're banking on a bubble [15:51] and I fear it's going to kill the character of the city [15:51] I don't want to be my grandmother saying they needed to put a K-Mart downtown instead of OCC [15:52] but I think they're overbuilding, overpromising, and under-delivering [15:52] bbiab