How did America's Downtown's get so dead?
Posted 12-30-2014 at 02:39 PM by Chicago76
For a better direct comparison, take a look at this report: http://issuu.com/ccdphila/docs/defin...724344/5035693
DC's CBD rates 4th behind Midtown, Downtown NYC and Chicago at 0 mile, half mile, and 1 mile buffers. The look at Census LED data rather than official designations. For example: Chicago v DC. To pick up all if the areas you mentioned falling within the DC CBD, you need to look at the Hal mile buffer number. You'd need to do the same for Chicago, because their definition if downtown proper would exclude a lot of River North, the Magnificent Mile (including the Hancock whose bottom 40 floors are office, etc). Chicago's half mile buffer figure also excludes the entire Ill medical campus which actually touches the study's definition if Downtown, ie it easily falls within the half mile buffer. It is excluded because they consider it to be a separate employment center. Chicago employment exceeds DC's 547k vs 431k. It also has higher employment density and a greater proportion of people within a mile if the district who both live and work in the area.
DC's rise is impressive, but it isn't the second largest (nor is it "way down the list" like I suggested). It's a respectable 4th.
DC's CBD rates 4th behind Midtown, Downtown NYC and Chicago at 0 mile, half mile, and 1 mile buffers. The look at Census LED data rather than official designations. For example: Chicago v DC. To pick up all if the areas you mentioned falling within the DC CBD, you need to look at the Hal mile buffer number. You'd need to do the same for Chicago, because their definition if downtown proper would exclude a lot of River North, the Magnificent Mile (including the Hancock whose bottom 40 floors are office, etc). Chicago's half mile buffer figure also excludes the entire Ill medical campus which actually touches the study's definition if Downtown, ie it easily falls within the half mile buffer. It is excluded because they consider it to be a separate employment center. Chicago employment exceeds DC's 547k vs 431k. It also has higher employment density and a greater proportion of people within a mile if the district who both live and work in the area.
DC's rise is impressive, but it isn't the second largest (nor is it "way down the list" like I suggested). It's a respectable 4th.
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