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Stewart, wh<F~says he would ; like to see something like a mall here in Chapel HJI, says , parking is one of the major problems here now, “And, of course, you have to j consider how the new Eastgate j Shopping Center is going to work —how much it’s going to affect! downtown business. "But you have to keep in mir.d ! that students are still going to! shop downtown. They’r not go- i ing to drive out there when they can just waik right down here and buy what they want.” Need easy access Stewart feels that a mail-type i f business district should be a place where shoppers can go and take their time if they wish; but it should also be a plaee where they can get in and out of in a hurry if they need to. “The mail in Kalamazoo pro vides real atmosphere,’’ ^ he said. “There’s no rushing, but shoppers can taKe their time going frr.m place to place and not have to worry about park ing meters. “You have to make it easy for the shopper," he said. In his thesis, Stewart says that “the betterment of the “existing: conditions is not sufficient." There fore, he says, people here must take “a firm hand in actually eliminating the undesirable condi tions and completely reorganizing physical, elements as deemed es sential for the best passible solu tion." Scores ‘defeatism’ Stewart further states that in terested persons should not look upon such a project as “purely hypothetical with a defeatist at titude.” * ' ' He also adds that people should approach ihe problems :lwiih out any pre-conceived Ideas and a broad mind with a view to ward the future and the role that such a central district (as a mail) should play in a grow ing community.” But he hastens to emphasize that his plan, while seemingly a workable one, is both drastic and visionary, and should serve .pri marily to stimulate ether thoughts toward the problems. He also points out that the plan outlined in his thesis is not the only solution. "You could write a thesis on almost every topic in my thesis,” he says. “It’s that broad aaj that involved.” Complement — not compete With regard to shopping cen tres, Stewart, said ia his thesis that they should not compe e with, but complement, a town’.* main business district. Therefore, he states, the dtain business district muvt have “a sound bads for its existence: o herwise. it' can become sec ondary. to the outlying shopping center.” Stewart feels that when and if expansion come here, it will be northward. “Rosemary m3y be come the main artery through town,” he feels, “Land to the north of Franklin Street is less expensive, jo ex pansion should go that way.” S ewurt says he doesn't profess to know the answer to the traffic problem here. “But I do think something will have to be done. 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