Northgate has plenty of bike parking for what bike traffic there is now, and it seems a new bike rack was installed last year, and they are usable ones, not the fencepost styles that make it hard to park at, except at the very ends. I ride on Sherman, especially north of Commercial, but it is somewhat challenging, especially where that RR track goes across at a 45-degree angle. And most bicyclists I see ride on the sidewalk. It will be a great improvement for the neighborhood, even for the motorheads who reflexively oppose anything that helps non-motor vehicles.
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Patrick Lenon <[email protected]> wrote: > I also disagree that this has anything to do with the bike lanes. I've > patronized Dorn for years. I love the place but I have no idea how they've > stayed open in the age of Home Depot. Fortunately we still have Meikle's > True Value on North Sherman, which will of course have better bike > accessiblity. > > Also, I'm happy the new owners are improving the overall quality of the > strip mall, but I suspect they're looking for more upscale clients. > > ------------- > Patrick Lenon > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 16:05:25 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Business support needed on North Sherman: Dorn > Hardware is liquidating and closing > > > Donna wrote: > > > I just heard yesterday that Dorn Hardware, in Northgate Shopping Center, > > N. Sherman and Aberg Avenues is closing and currently running a > liquidation > > sale. This is a great loss, as Dorn's has the inventory variety to > compete > > with Mennards and Home Depot and is so very close and bikable for near > > east neighborhoods. > > > > I'm guessing this is one of the businesses the Northside Business > > Association was referring to when they said bike lanes will cause > stores to > > close. If this is the reason, Dorn is closing on the BELIEF that > bike lanes > > will cause their store to fail--a textbook example of thoughts > creating our > > realities. I'm guessing they have stats to back up their decision, but I > > > I've noticed the liquidation sale signs this week, too. I doubt it has > anything at all to do with the conversion of North Sherman from four-lane > to five-lane. There could be lots of reasons, including the fact that > there are two decent-sized hardware stores (both True Value) on North > Sherman, only a mile apart, and the other one in a larger and more recently > renovated space in Sherman Plaza. > > > I haven't seen mentioned here another issue relating to how much > businesses can benefit from easier bicycle traffic near their > stores--decent bicycle racks. Indeed, I recall one instance some number of > years ago when I intended to stop at that very same hardware store for > something on my way home, but ended up going elsewhere because I did not > find a bike rack near the store. I don't know whether any have since been > installed at Northgate, but having convenient and secure bicycle parking is > essential for local businesses who want to attract customers who arrive by > bicycle. > > > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > -- "If we continue to consume the world until there's no more to consume, then there's going to come a day, sure as hell, when our children or their children or their children's children are going to look back on us--on you and me--and say to themselves, 'My God, what kind of monsters were these people?'" --Daniel Quinn
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