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Liz
Moderator
5 years ago

Let's Go Go get some FroYo

      As you've guessed from the title, it's National Frozen Yogurt Day!   I used to frequent this one froyo place near my old apartment, and I swear every time I went there was a Jo...
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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV

I've looked on satellite views of the area and Gainesville is definitely built up.  Haymarket, as well.  

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MarkJFine
Professor
5 years ago

Haymarket is probably a mere fraction of what it would have been had Disney gotten their way and put the "America" theme park there. As bad as the infrastructure was back in the 90s (and the disaster I66 still is), can you imagine what that would have done to the area?

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    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    5 years ago
    MarkJFine wrote:

    Haymarket is probably a mere fraction of what it would have been had Disney gotten their way and put the "America" theme park there. As bad as the infrastructure was back in the 90s (and the disaster I66 still is), can you imagine what that would have done to the area?

    It would have been a nightmare.  I'm glad they didn't do it, that's for sure.  Both for the traffic and the loss of the peace and quiet of the particular area they were going to build it.  That area has a lot of wide open space, and a theme park smack dab in the middle of it would have been awful.