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What kind of retail business would you like to see in the former Arensberg’s Shoes space?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on February 27, 2010
“Some sort of specialty store, a clothing store or a toy store.”
“I’d like to see a nice clothing store for teenagers, something more trendy.”
“A Build-A-Bear store.”
“I’d like to see an upscale clothing store catering to the Boomers”
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misterlee (anonymous) says…
How about a big and tall clothing store? There's nothing like that in town now.
looza (anonymous) says…
a baseball card shop or a candy store or a Laundry Mat.....in that order. Thank you and have a nice day!
xbusguy (chris Ogle) says…
Arensbergs
BrianR (anonymous) says…
Novelty lighters.
sherbert (anonymous) says…
How about another show store. One with reasonably priced shoes for everyone in the family. Not just clunky, trendy shoes that a high schooler or college student would wear.
snap_pop_no_crackle (anonymous) says…
A nice quiet place where people can smoke hookahs loaded with incense.
BigPrune (anonymous) says…
A vegetarian steakhouse, a barbecue, a thrift store, homeless shelter with soup kitchen.
Face it folks, it will most likely sit for a very long time since unemployment hovers at 20% using the Clinton method of figuring unemployment as opposed to Obama's method. 25% is a depression.
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Soap (anonymous) says…
maracas store so moar ppl can play maracas..
tange (anonymous) says…
There's no business like show business.
pandazrule (anonymous) says…
YES!! Trader Joe's!
zstoltenberg (anonymous) says…
I don't know that my budget could handle a Trader Joe's, I'd be there all the time!
phoggyjay (anonymous) says…
A medical marijuana dispensary... it's about time people.
parrothead8 (anonymous) says…
A full-time local farmer's market.
TheBigW (anonymous) says…
We need a good night club in downtown one where you can hear some good live music and get tanked, maybe make it a topless club too.
Dejacrew423 (anonymous) says…
Any kind of store that I won't go to. The less reasons I have to walk around Mass. the better. Sorry.
thebcman (anonymous) says…
i think we could use another bar downtown.
dajudge (anonymous) says…
A homeless shelter and soup kitchen.
remember_username (anonymous) says…
I think a firearm store or pawn shop would be hilarious. Better yet a store selling dehumidifiers on one side of the store and humidifiers on the other side of the store, cuckoo clocks on both walls - call the store "Partisanship is Hours".
tanaumaga (anonymous) says…
massage parlor....i can see it the storefront now....happy ending
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…
Geesh,
Welcome in the day properly...
BruceWayne (anonymous) says…
a pawn shop or computer recycling center. both sure fire, no fail ventures.
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
Red Lobster, Italian Gardens, Applebees, Ruby Tuesday, Chilis, or Carl's jr.
riverdrifter (anonymous) says…
A combination beer joint, bank and bait shop.
Everything you need.
lawrenceguy40 (anonymous) says…
A gun and knife store. There is not a gun store in town, but we need one bad.
autie (anonymous) says…
I'll go with the bait/beer/ammo concept. and all the employees are Hooters girls.
sunny (anonymous) says…
Put in there what ever you can afford.
toe (anonymous) says…
He can build what ever he wants, as long as I do not have to subsidize it.
CWGOKU (anonymous) says…
How about a shoe store... Or a gun, liquor, lingerie store. One stop shopping.
Glad to see you survived your birthday Spacehog!
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
Big Ass Biscuits.
beatrice (anonymous) says…
Lemur grooming shop
tomatogrower (anonymous) says…
if it has to be a corporation, then Coldwater Creek. Otherwise, I'd like to see him make more money from the apartment rents, and charge smaller rents to a local business, so they can make a go of it.
sunny (anonymous) says…
I would like to see the government (obamy) give tax credits to small businesses...and anyone making over $250,000
puddleglum (anonymous) says…
I still want a drag strip.
with hookahs, beer, and ammo on the side.
lawrenceguy40 (anonymous) says…
sunny - that is one of the few ways we are going to get out of barry o's mess. It won't happen under his watch though. We'll have to wait 983 days until we get the chance to vote a real American into office. I am sure barry o has only one goal - the enslavement of the American people. Some weird revenge mentality.....
beatrice (anonymous) says…
I'm assuming that the "40" is your IQ.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…
Micro Cabela's
Maybe they could have one stuffed badger.
Liberty275 (anonymous) says…
Strip club
RoeDapple (anonymous) says…
School of massage therapy???
Pywacket (anonymous) says…
Bea~ You just flattered the cretin.
I'd like to see either a C***-Ring Warehouse or Spatula City.... although a modest local business would be all right, too.
beatrice (anonymous) says…
Time travel agency.
AnnaUndercover (Anna Undercover) says…
@paulette2
I am so with you on Trader Joe's! I'm dying without it. The closest one is in Missouri.
beatrice (anonymous) says…
"C***-Ring Warehouse or Spatula City."
Py, I'm surprised you want more of the big, corporate box stores like those.
Anna, Trader Joe's rocks. We have one about four miles away. City life is good.
riverdrifter (anonymous) says…
OK: Guy & Mae's Barbeque/Hooters/bait shop/high-end guns http://www.williamlarkinmoore.com/
That would do it. Though I would be tempted to thrown in the micro-Cabelas with a taxidermied possum.
Uhm, how much room we got to work with here?
Pywacket (anonymous) says…
You're right, Bea. What was I thinking?!
Instead of those rich, heartless purveyors of overpriced c***-rings and spatulas (which, of course, are manufactured by starving, blind Indonesian children), we should throw our support behind local entrepreneurs, regardless of whatever they may be lacking in the personality department.
Certainly there are some eager souls in Lawrence who could sell locally made, organic products. Certain locals whose previous endeavors have sadly failed may wish to try something new--something that won't tax their limited mental capacity.
So here's hoping Maude's Pickle-Piercing Emporium and Tom & Barry's Melon Baller Barn meet with rousing success on Mass St.
KansasPerson (anonymous) says…
Klondike Bar Emporium.
BruceWayne (anonymous) says…
Bong hits for Paulette!
merrill (anonymous) says…
* Lands End
* Sony Style
* Apple Store
* Lego Store - These are stores that stock past products,new products and products that cannot be purchased anywhere else. These are great stores for all ages. The nearest one is St Louis.
merrill (anonymous) says…
OR bring Old Navy downtown....
mae (anonymous) says…
Cheesecake factory would make a killing there and I don't know of ANYONE who doesn't like that place.
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toe (anonymous) says…
How about a free clinic for Orthodontics.
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Isabelle (anonymous) says…
Hhmmm-this town needs a good furniture store and the Arensberg space is large enough to handle that kind of inventory. Another great idea is a clothing store that is not -that- trendy as Lawrence downtown has that area covered-too well. Not a restaurant-not a bar-umm not a toy store( we have that already...). My answers come from my thinking of what i leave Lawrence to purchase for my self and my family.
milkman_dan (anonymous) says…
A nice colonic spa certainly would be a special addition to downtown. We'll throw in waxing & beaching to make it a prettier city.
Pywacket (anonymous) says…
Isabelle~ I'm not sure a furniture store could make it in Lawrence. What kind of stuff are you thinking of? With the recent closure of Blue Heron, which stocked unique, higher-end items, it would seem that furniture might be a hard sell downtown. I'd love to see one, too--just not sure it would work.
Bea~Whatever did you say to get pinked?
boltzmann (anonymous) says…
Trader Joe's definitely! However, our idiotic Kansas laws would keep them from selling Two Buck Chuck! :(
Free the Grapes!
beatrice (anonymous) says…
Something about an Edamame Emporium, and finding a humorous connection between your pickle and ring businesses. I guess putting both business names in the same sentence was a bit too much.
You could get the Jolly Green Giant to advertise both businesses as well.
boltzmann (anonymous) says…
All the people who requested Trader Joe's should go to their website and put in a "location request" - maybe we can use people power to bring one here!
gl0ck0wn3r (anonymous) says…
How about something the market can support?
Menazort (anonymous) says…
A medical marijuana dispensary would be ideal, presuming we lived in a sane, rational, society respectful of individual freedom.
educatedintheusa (anonymous) says…
An affordable grocery which accepts WIC and includes fresh produce and family basics, such as diapers and TP.
gl0ck0wn3r (anonymous) says…
How about a gun store?
beatrice (anonymous) says…
glock, a gun store. Would that be the place where people store their guns until they are needed by the militia? I'm with ya -- who would ever want to keep those things in their home?
(sorry, couldn't resist)