Hello everyone!
A bit ago, I got to thinking about how much the Park has changed since I've been going there and one of the biggest changes that can be seen is the relatively big transformation CityWalk went through to get to where it is now.
My question to you, the community, is what did you feel were the pros and cons of both variations and what would you have done differently between either the new (current) version of CityWalk and the old version?
In my (non-professional) opinion, I feel the newer version lost a lot of the original CW's "trendiness". CW was built at the end of the 1990s "rock" era where rock concerts and street performances weren't an uncommon occurrence and the crowd seemed a lot more "lively". The style of the place was very "retro-industrial" looking and many remnants of this can still be seen just by looking at the buildings. After the transformation, the music changed, many of the stores changed, and the overall atmosphere changed. Don't get me wrong, I still absolutely love the new music that plays and the new atmosphere, but there is a definite difference between the new and old. The difference is not bad or good, but I guess it all depends on how you look at it.
I'm curious to read what you think.
Thanks!
-CW
A bit ago, I got to thinking about how much the Park has changed since I've been going there and one of the biggest changes that can be seen is the relatively big transformation CityWalk went through to get to where it is now.
My question to you, the community, is what did you feel were the pros and cons of both variations and what would you have done differently between either the new (current) version of CityWalk and the old version?
In my (non-professional) opinion, I feel the newer version lost a lot of the original CW's "trendiness". CW was built at the end of the 1990s "rock" era where rock concerts and street performances weren't an uncommon occurrence and the crowd seemed a lot more "lively". The style of the place was very "retro-industrial" looking and many remnants of this can still be seen just by looking at the buildings. After the transformation, the music changed, many of the stores changed, and the overall atmosphere changed. Don't get me wrong, I still absolutely love the new music that plays and the new atmosphere, but there is a definite difference between the new and old. The difference is not bad or good, but I guess it all depends on how you look at it.
I'm curious to read what you think.
Thanks!
-CW