Michi

In regard to the earlier economic discussion: The article in the News today is one thing that is really starting to pi** me off. I love this state to death, but frankly, it's the attitudes that are the death of this place. It's so bad, try not to laugh: http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A...ION03/703050333

Great pics, yous!

Yes, LMich! People are going off about how backwards Michigan is, yet it is the people themselves making it that way. Like you said, govt plays a role but it only goes so far. The power of the people here is extremely weak and from my vantage point, blame is flying out of control and zero accountability or leadership is being taken as we watch the ship sink. Republicans are focused on one agenda: fighting for the sake of fighting. They want exorbitant amount of service but pay absolutely nothing for them, and to service a shrinking minority of people. On the flip side, democrats want to tax the hell out of the people with few other options because there is little-to-no budget. I believe Grand Rapids is going to be a positive outlier in the state of Michigan. There's so much corruption and chaos in metro Detroit that there's really no basis for beginning a plan of recovery. Nobody trusts their neighbor on many levels, and there's so many lined drawn it's pathetic. Grand Rapids at least has a pallet to work off of, a less bias economic stronghold and a seemingly more non/bipartisan political makeup that can work together to get things done. Which is why I think that area will make strides and either attract the bitter east siders over there or it will motivate us to follow their lead.

Indeed! But shouldn't it be a wake up call that while it is completely acceptable that Chicago is our city of the "Inland Empire" of the USA and that it's a natural global draw, that next-tier-down cities should start to play ball? Attitudes of cities are as apparent as night and day. We have the utmost hatred for our own center cities, yet you can bring out Chicago on a silver platter and the attitude will do a complete 360. What does that tell us? We're lazy is about it in a nutshell. Not just locally, but in the business/industrial/entrepreneural/governmental world too. Look at this jobs change map for just Wayne County alone. It speaks volumes about the culture here. It's no surprise unemployment skyrockets in the blue communities which are the ones that have extreme job loss. What needs to be done to put jobs back there? It's obviously not watch the market to its magic. I don't have time to do the research right now, but I bet if a map of Cook County were posted side by side to this one, Chicago would look nothing like Detroit. http://www.waynecounty.com/jed/imgs/map_jobChange.jpg State policy has to change somewhere along the line. We're falling behind other major population centers at a high rate of speed, and even though we have tremendous resources in the greater area, it seems the ultimate unattraction will always lie in the fact that our center city is left for dead. Here's a good read on central cities: http://www.michiganfuture.org/Reports/RevitalizingCities.pdf

I'm starting to wonder...doesn't Illinois have a collegiate population that it graduates into its greater Chicago market? It seems like all you hear is Ohioans, Michiganders, Wisconsonites, and Indianans eating up all the jobs in Chicagoland...but willingly of course.

Yep, that's the Penob. But it's TonyDetroit's picture. Here's one by me though.

Here's a picture of the day.

snowbank

Dr. Who

I never understood how that worked. Should have been a computer science major.

If I could ever buy that building, I would bring the back the ornamentation back (through mockery of course). That just looks too awesome. If I had that kind of money, I would likely have enough money to plop something down on the Statler and Tuller sites too. Man, what did our city use to look like!!!

That bomb Ka3kab dropped melted a lot of snow today too!

The Ka3kab blunder of doom!

...and now you must be aborted. Access denied. You have been terminated. Please follow my gesture to the nearest exit.

Yah, I work in the Buhl Building and our address is 535 Griswold. I'm guessing you're looking at the Ford Building as well. There's a few storefronts on the ground level, which would perhaps have their own individual addresses too. My parents were in town today and I took them down to see the Commerce Building demolition and Book Cadillac progress. They were very impressed again and hope that I'm able to stay in Detroit after graduation so that they can keep coming back to see all the progress. They didn't quite understand the parking garage/condo concept, so it would be good when they come back to see the final product.

Would you rather see the mail room or the maintenance closet?

See, I laugh BEFORE I type stupid stuff. That way we both don't know what I meant and just end up laughing for the hell of it. [/guffaw]

No, YOU are!

I'll take that unit.

For as narrow as downtown's streets are, I'm surprised you think there's little designated street parking. It's all around Campus Martius, the big boulevards and everywhere in between. Am I misreading your message? I can't speak for the rest of the city.

Yah, I second that! Now, I'm just worried about tenants. This development really just sits in the middle of nowhere surrounded by highways, fields, roads and the bridge plaza. The neighborhood needs to be built into it. Oh, and connected to the other side of the fwy. That's going to hurt.

Hey, look it's the Michigan Welcome Center's Mexicantown Supermercado! (on February 11, 2007) I LOVE the iron artwork that can be found in Southwest Detroit.

Yah, I want to be able to do that!! Instead (fart noise) Downtown from Westborn, Dearborn.