Comments on: Market Hall Opens In May; Farmers Market (Wisely) Relocated

By: City Council Meeting Tomorrow — Waterfront Watch

City Council Meeting Tomorrow — Waterfront Watch — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:26:50 +0000

[...] The City will purse negotiations to purchase property along Willow Avenue (including the site currently operated by West Coast Drilling; lorem ipsum dolor) as it establishes the ultimate property for the future Cinema Town and Transit Town, the second and third phases of the New Town Center project. (The first phase is Market Town, current site of the interim Market Hall.) [...]

By: Sycamore and San Pablo — Waterfront Watch

Sycamore and San Pablo — Waterfront Watch — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:20:29 +0000

[...] Also unfortunate is the unwillingness of currently planned projects to address the problem — most notably Market Town (New Town Center) and Sycamore Crossing (part of the merged Redevelopment Area).1 Instead, the only thing the City is counting on to deal with the pedestrian issue at this prominent crossing is to “develop programs to encourage public transit use that will reduce vehicle trips by 10 percent for the intersection.” Ten percent? That won’t make this intersection safer, and an immediate fix is necessary — if only temporary — as the corner has finally been activated with the opening of the interim Market Hall. [...]

By: Market Hall on Yelp — Waterfront Watch

Market Hall on Yelp — Waterfront Watch — Tue, 04 May 2010 03:36:11 +0000

[...] will be a draw on Saturday evenings, but what about Tuesday through Thursday during the day? The goal of Market Hall is to secure quality long-term tenants for Market Town (or “Market House”). If Red Barn [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:28:58 +0000

Thank goodness Market Hall is located on a “temporary site”. Chalk this project up as yet another debacle for the City of Hercules. The traffic at Sycamore Avenue was a total mess this weekend thanks to Market Hall. Not only did it choke up the very limited access to our already poorly planned City, it badly hurt our local tax paying businesses. I spoke with a manager of a shop located across the street (behind the Shell station) and they confirmed losing major business on Saturday because their customers were unable to access their stores due to Market Hall patrons filling their parking lots.

Market Hall boasts of providing more dinner options for Hercules restaurants. I agree that we need more dinner options – but we need real restaurants, not carnival food. While I fully support free enterprise, I do not support robbing our existing tax paying businesses so that we can take our families out for “Kettle Korn.”

Fortunately they say Market Hall is just “temporary.” So we’ll have to put up with this until it’s re-located to its permanent home. Sorta like how we’ve been waiting an entire decade for the Waterfront to be developed as promised. . . and it’s still a pile of dirt.

In other words – don’t hold your breath.

By: Farmers Market Has New Look, Opens Saturday — Waterfront Watch

Farmers Market Has New Look, Opens Saturday — Waterfront Watch — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:08:29 +0000

[...] from the farmers market being wisely relocated to the site of Market Hall (the Home Depot parking lot had been a poor location) — which will [...]

By: A New Urbanist Alternative to the City-wide Garage Sale — Waterfront Watch

A New Urbanist Alternative to the City-wide Garage Sale — Waterfront Watch — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:21:10 +0000

[...] Market Hall would be a perfect site for an annual swap meet. In the future — as Market Town is constructed on the site of the interim Market Hall — the location could possibly be along a closed Sycamore Avenue in the Sycamore Downtown area, or along Bayfront Boulevard on the waterfront, or in Refugio Valley Park (similar to the cultural festival), or even in the Home Depot parking lot (like the farmers market used to be). [...]

By: Market Hall Releases Schedule; Closed Mondays — Waterfront Watch

Market Hall Releases Schedule; Closed Mondays — Waterfront Watch — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:33:59 +0000

[...] Farmers Market has been wisely relocated to the site of Market Hall (which will result in a much more walkable market), and will take place [...]

By: Fresh & Easy Will Be Anchor Tenant at Market Town — Waterfront Watch

Fresh & Easy Will Be Anchor Tenant at Market Town — Waterfront Watch — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:03:40 +0000

[...] continues to look for smaller tenants to fill up the remaining spaces. Hopefully a successful Market Hall experiment will lead to quality and diverse tenants in the [...]

By: Market Hall Announces Coffee Shop — Waterfront Watch

Market Hall Announces Coffee Shop — Waterfront Watch — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:04:23 +0000

[...] Hall — the interim retail experience on the former park-and-ride lot — has announced its first retailer: Moschetti Espresso. This [...]

By: Retrofitting Suburbia — Waterfront Watch

Retrofitting Suburbia — Waterfront Watch — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:16:43 +0000

[...] reflect the current plan, as the Central Hercules Plan called for liner buildings surrounding the now-former park-n-ride site, and not for the relocation of the site altogether (which took place late last [...]

By: From Park-n-Ride to Market Hall — Waterfront Watch

From Park-n-Ride to Market Hall — Waterfront Watch — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:33:58 +0000

[...] site of the old park n’ ride will have a creative temporary use called Market Hall. For the next two years before the permanent Market Town begins construction, a fabricated [...]

By: Times: Temporary mobile food court will fill gap until Hercules centerpiece rises — Waterfront Watch

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:37:49 +0000

[...] Lochner reports on the interim use for Market Town… “Market Hall, a soon-to-come venue for upscale, mobile food vendors at [...]

By: Jeffrey Wisniewski

Jeffrey Wisniewski — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:50:50 +0000

@ Jeff Boore -- The cost of not developing the site is much greater than any revenue Market Hall will offer the developer. That, and the City's use permit expiration, should ensure that Market Hall is indeed an interim use. But I do share your concern over the delays in the renovation of historical structures in the Waterfront. Where is David Cury anyway?

By: Jeff Boore

Jeff Boore — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:17:00 +0000

My only concern is that this will be “temporary” in the same sense that the clubhouse and historical houses on the waterfront are “under renovation”.

By: Richard davis

Richard davis — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:24:15 +0000

Once again your clear and intelligent analysis has become an impediment to sloppy and lopsided development. How can you expect maleficence and stupidity to flourish with that kind of an approach?