Comments on: Re: Leading Off

By: JW

JW — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:45:20 +0000

The problem is they brought in a large movie theater. HPV only has 4 or 5 screens….Northpark has 15. Movie theaters always attract the riff raff…why do you think neighborhoods always fight so hard to keep the big screens away.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:44:01 +0000

Riff-raff and hoodlums and Build-A-Bears, oh my!

By: East (of Central) is Eden

East (of Central) is Eden — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:11:22 +0000

Well I guess you don’t remember the old Highland Park Village before white-flight made it into a Rodeo-redux. I reject the low-end shops argument. NP had some low end shops for its first 20-30 years. Funny how the bubble types can’t see how saying ‘infested with riff-raff’ sounds to those outside their anachronistic area.

By: NP Observer

NP Observer — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:29:07 +0000

Dear East of Eden, it’s NorthPark – one word, capital P. Has anyone been shot at Highland Park Village? No. Are there low-end shops at HPV? No. Yes, there is a movie theater, but the management of HPV does a good job with their security. Now, let’s do the same at NorthPark and rid it of the rifraff that has infested it as of late.

By: East (of Central) is Eden

East (of Central) is Eden — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:28:04 +0000

Horrors that Highland Parkers have to mix with minorities at North Park! They can’t enforce their defacto antebellum apartheid there or any other place which passed civil rights laws and desegregation 50 years ago.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:42:24 +0000

Aww….right back atcha, Kristin.

Hoodlums, NP? What is this, Pleasantville? I’d be interested in a detailed description of said hoodlums. DETAILED.

By: julie

julie — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:27:11 +0000

I can’t believe it.

First you diss my TGIF. Then my Sbarro’s. Then my Orange Julie.

What’s next, Golden Corral is low end?

By: NP Observer

NP Observer — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:23:40 +0000

Has anyone noticed the hoodlums that hang out in that beautful mall since the expansion took place? With the discount stores and movie theater they are hanging around everywhere – sometimes it’s scary. I wouldn’t be surprised if I walked in and saw grafitti on some of the late Mr. Nasher’s beautiful art. It’s very sad that NorthPark management has lowered its standards to turn a profit. How long will high-end stores survive if shoppers don’t feel safe? A word to the wise – increase security, decrease discount stores and take our mall back!

By: LakeWoodrow

LakeWoodrow — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:14:58 +0000

EDE you forgot JC Penney, Orange Julius, Kip’s and especially El Fenix. BTW, my late neighbor Stanley Marcus didn’t have a problem with TGI Friday’s – I saw him at the Old Town location a couple of times.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:54:27 +0000

Low-end in this case is a euphemism for black, I believe. Sorry in advance if I’m wrong.