As a neighborhood, Lafayette Park seems to have everything going for it, including a retail plaza that meets a good many of its residents' needs and, when Downtown Foodland opens later this year, will satisfy most.
Shops at Lafayette Park offers several food choices: Danny Chan's Chinese, Sala Thai and Cottage Inn Pizza. There's a State Farm Insurance office, a video store, and even a nightclub, Intus.
It's not all perfect in the LP. There are dollar and beauty supply stores as well, and the loss of Paris Cafe is lamentable -- Model D can only hope to report of a replacement soon.
There are multiple reasons that Lafayette Park stands as a rare example of a successful, stable urban renewal project -- its stunning architecture and well-planned parks play a big part -- but inclusion of a shopping plaza into the site's residential fabric is certainly a contributing factor.
Read more about living in Lafayette Park in Model D's
neighborhood guide and more about the planned Downtown Foodland
here.
Shops at Lafayette Park is on E. Lafayette at Orleans.
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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