Trae Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Streets at Buckhead The Streets at Buckhead is said to rival Rodeo Drive or Michigan Avenue. Many new high-end boutique stores (that are new to Atlanta) will open up shop here. It will include Atlanta's first One Hotel and Residences. The Streets at Buckhead are said to be open by 2010. This development will rival the Oaks District and BLVD Place. I wonder if a 1 Hotel and Residences would work for those two [developments] in Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfootball Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Good ole Shatlanta.Buckhead is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieDidIt Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Good ole Shatlanta.Buckhead is nice.I love Buckhead. That's where I'd love to end up on day. 2 hours from the NC mountains and in a great Southern City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Looks pretty lame to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 an ex coworker moved there in the late 90's. he and his wife tell me it went ghetto. they ended up moving about 2 yrs ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Looks pretty lame to me.I'm glad someone else thinks so. I thought maybe I was missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 How exactly does it look lame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 OK, it sounds more lame than it looks. Rodeo Drive, Michigan Avenue, High End, blah, blah blah. Do people still fall for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Just the name alone would make me NOT want to be anywhere near this place. Buckhead? Indeed. Plenty of jokes within that name. Great bar conversation I'm sure. Take out the B and replace with .... Hey, did everyone know John lives at _uckhead! Har har har!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 OK, it sounds more lame than it looks. Rodeo Drive, Michigan Avenue, High End, blah, blah blah. Do people still fall for this?They just might with the Oaks District, or BLVD Place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenc Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 OK, it sounds more lame than it looks. Rodeo Drive, Michigan Avenue, High End, blah, blah blah. Do people still fall for this?Are you the most negative person in all Texas, or just houston? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 It's just my two cents. Anytime a project is going to "rival Rodeo Drive", etc. you have to be negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 I've spent quite a bit of time in ATL and can tell you that Buckhead is far from "ghetto". In fact it has changed dramatically over the last five years with all of the highrise construction. It has a couple of wonderful parks, and although not pedestrian friendly, it's making decent strides at changing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 I've spent quite a bit of time in ATL and can tell you that Buckhead is far from "ghetto". In fact it has changed dramatically over the last five years with all of the highrise construction. It has a couple of wonderful parks, and although not pedestrian friendly, it's making decent strides at changing that.the people make it ghetto is what i meant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 No they don't. With the old Buckhead Village gone, the crime has gone down. This thing is replacing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 No they don't. With the old Buckhead Village gone, the crime has gone down. This thing is replacing it.my friend tami who's an atlanta native says ghetto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 Well my members over at my forum say no. I know two that actually live just a few blocks away from this development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalparadise Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 First of all, Buckhead is not new. This development in Buckhead is new. Second, Buckhead is not ghetto. It's been Atlanta's version of Uptown Houston for as long as I can remember. Check out the crappy apartments around Uptown some time if you want to see how quickly chic can turn to crap.Third, trying to "rival Rodeo Dr." is indeed stupid. Not because it can't be done, but because it's a ridiculous notion that a shopping district would rival another that's 2500 miles away. Exactly what customers would consider these two rivals?It's telling of Atlanta's lack of a sense of place that they have to look to a city equally vacuous in that regard to set their bar.Now, as for rivalling Michigan Ave., I'm not even sure how Michigan Ave. "rivals" Rodeo. All this highbrow one-upsmanship can get pretty confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 I like the tuff look of this building, but what is Rodeo drive? Is there another thread that covers this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 trying to "rival Rodeo Dr." is indeed stupid. Not because it can't be done, but because it's a ridiculous notion that a shopping district would rival another that's 2500 miles away. Exactly what customers would consider these two rivals?It's telling of Atlanta's lack of a sense of place that they have to look to a city equally vacuous in that regard to set their bar. Now, as for rivalling Michigan Ave., I'm not even sure how Michigan Ave. "rivals" Rodeo. All this highbrow one-upsmanship can get pretty confusing. Good post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Why does my questions always get covered up with pissing contest? This " Good Post" crap gets old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 I like the tuff look of this building, but what is Rodeo drive? Is there another thread that covers this?think beverly hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Why does my questions always get covered up with pissing contest? This " Good Post" crap gets old.It was an inside joke with Dal. Lighten up.To answer your question... Rodeo drive is in Beverly Hills, California, and is arguably the most famous strip of high end retail in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamtagon Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 my friend tami who's an atlanta native says ghettoghetto means different things to different people, what does it mean to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 ghetto means different things to different people, what does it mean to you?she was referring to the crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 It was an inside joke with Dal. Lighten up.To answer your question... Rodeo drive is in Beverly Hills, California, and is arguably the most famous strip of high end retail in the world. Oh, I see Great Post thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Intermission!As I mentioned (or asked) the word ghetto always has and still has negative racial connotations to it. I try to not use it as I don't want to offend any one if possible. But then again, most people on this forum think I am just old-fashioned and laugh it (me) off. I still don't know what ghetto-fabulous is???A well known oil co here in Houston once used the word in a new advertisement and there was big time outcry so they had to pull the commercial. Second time they didn't do thier homework before launching an add that I knew of. Another major campaign was targeting Hispanics and they mixed up the whole wording and did not include people that couldnt read Spanish, big no-no. Glad I'm not there any more.Now, back to our feature presentation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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