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Old 01-25-2013, 01:52 PM
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In contrast, Manhattan has a McDonald's with a 24 hour walk up window:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=mcdon...2.85,,0,-10.45

Not downtown. Maybe 6 miles north of CBD (Midtown).
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Old 01-25-2013, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Crooklyn, New York
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In contrast, Manhattan has a McDonald's with a 24 hour walk up window:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=mcdon...2.85,,0,-10.45

Not downtown. Maybe 6 miles north of CBD (Midtown).
There's a drive-thru McDonald's Uptown.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=McDon...=12,273.4,,0,0

I think this is the one Jay-Z talks about in Empire State of Mind.

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I used to cop in Harlem, all of my Dominicanos / right there up on Broadway, pull me back to that McDonald's
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Old 01-25-2013, 02:04 PM
 
Location: NYC
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There's a drive-thru McDonald's Uptown.

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Heh, another arch on the adjacent subway line and it could be a very well-placed ad.
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Old 01-25-2013, 02:11 PM
 
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Heh, another arch on the adjacent subway line and it could be a very well-placed ad.
It's a very out of place structure. I understand a drive-thru McDonald's in Brooklyn. But Manhattan?
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Old 01-25-2013, 02:20 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C.
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It's probably very profitable. Developers have been trying to buy this Wendy's location for years, but the owners will not budge. Rumor has it that this has been the most profitable Wendy's in the U.S. for four years in a row.

Washington, DC - Google Maps

There are condos going up on all sides in this streetview with a Wendy's smack dab in the middle. Residents are affectionately calling this intersection "Dave Thomas Circle."

I think it is only a matter of time "NOMA reaching full buildout" before Wendy's sells that site. When this is finished across the street over the next 5 years, that property will be way more valuable.

Northeast Corner Mixed Use Development:




Southeast Corner Mixed Use Development (McDonald's):

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Old 01-25-2013, 08:39 PM
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It's a very out of place structure. I understand a drive-thru McDonald's in Brooklyn. But Manhattan?
You think it's more out of place than the one by Downtown Chicago? The block of tenenments behind are an odd contrast. The arch elevated train bridge is neat looking.

Perhaps it's there because it's right near a Henry Hudson Parkway exit? The buildings to the west on the short side and there's a gas station. There's a large-ish housing project (I think, it's hard to tell for sure if it is but it has the right building style) to the southeast, which might help create a dead zone. Projects appear to have more pedestrians than Downtown Dallas:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=McDon...9,,0,-1.3&z=16
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Old 01-26-2013, 05:13 PM
 
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So does a double drive through represent a break in the continuous build environment?
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Old 11-02-2014, 02:18 PM
 
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Detroit downtown is 7.2 sq miles
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Old 11-02-2014, 08:38 PM
 
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It's a very out of place structure. I understand a drive-thru McDonald's in Brooklyn. But Manhattan?
Cabbies gotta eat.
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Old 11-04-2014, 07:37 PM
 
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