[12:03] <cmaloney> Apparently the new "megaplex of fuckery" that is going into Royal Oak has caused Andiamo's to close up
[12:04] <cmaloney> That's the building that took out the parking lot behind Andiamo's over by the library
[15:11] <jrwren> huh, i'm surprised. Andiamo's always did good business when I used to frequent that area
[15:11] <jrwren> is the Rochester one still open?
[15:21] <cmaloney> Andiamo's lost 100% of the parking near it
[15:22] <cmaloney> and the valet can't get between the restaurant and the farmer's lot because of that stupid construction there
[15:22] <cmaloney> 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] <jrwren> 1 block?
[15:36] <cmaloney> it's worse than that
[15:37] <jrwren> oh.
[15:37] <cmaloney> Think of the entire parking lot from 11 mile to 5th street
[15:37] <cmaloney> now imagine that completely gone
[15:37] <cmaloney> 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] <cmaloney> or walk down to the south side of 5th
[15:44] <jrwren> wtf? that is all construction?
[15:44] <jrwren> that is a huge project. what is it?
[15:45] <cmaloney> it's a large office building
[15:45] <jrwren> cool location for an office :)
[15:45] <cmaloney> yeah, I'm sure it'll be awesome, when there's not much around it other than the office bulding
[15:46] <cmaloney> IIRC it's going to have the new City Hall in there.
[15:46] <cmaloney> and then they'll shuffle around some of the other buildings downtown
[15:46] <cmaloney> but frankly it's going to be a clusterbleep
[15:46] <jrwren> oh.
[15:47] <jrwren> is washington street all messed up too?
[15:47] <cmaloney> the signs around the construction have such imaginitive titles as "wealth management, inc." and "Technology Inc."
[15:47] <cmaloney> and the developer has a history of not finishing projects and leaving the city with the bill
[15:47] <cmaloney> but whatever. Leeches gotta leech
[15:47] <jrwren> wow! and the city approved it?
[15:48] <cmaloney> washington is OK for now
[15:48] <cmaloney> Oh yes!
[15:48] <cmaloney> The city thinks this is awesome
[15:48] <cmaloney> despite Mr. B's and the businesses bitching up a storm
[15:48] <cmaloney> and a lawsuit that was dismissed
[15:48] <cmaloney> they think it's brilliant
[15:51] <cmaloney> thing is they're banking on a bubble
[15:51] <cmaloney> and I fear it's going to kill the character of the city
[15:51] <cmaloney> I don't want to be my grandmother saying they needed to put a K-Mart downtown instead of OCC
[15:52] <cmaloney> but I think they're overbuilding, overpromising, and under-delivering
[15:52] <cmaloney> bbiab