Officials hope a large shopping center atop a bustling, and improved, transportation hub will prove attractive to commuters and suburban shoppers alike.

The Newark store lacked parking, and was in a location that suburban shoppers felt was unsafe.

The combination of Easton and Tuttle gave nearly all wealthy suburban shoppers throughout Columbus more convenient shopping options.

That helped seal the fate of Getty Square, the old downtown area in the southwest, which was cut off from suburban shoppers by a lack of highway access.

In a troubled city like Newark, all the major downtown department stores closed as suburban shoppers started staying closer to home.

Gorgeous fruits and vegetables are the one thing suburban shoppers can find closer to home, and the demand for apples is naturally not as strong as for olives.

In the 1930's, more than 2,000 streetcars running on two dozen lines brought suburban shoppers and commuters to downtown.

- Are facilities and products equal for inner city and suburban shoppers?

Downtown had several department stores, which attracted suburban shoppers as well as local residents.

Fairway, which has proved enormously popular among suburban and city shoppers alike, is still working with the city on a solution.