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Yeah, a 7-mile light rail line does nothing for a 600 sq. mi. city.
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The inside is downright awesome. Better than any other Athlete's Foot I've seen. If someone could tell me, what is J-Bee's? Never heard of it.
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It's been a while since someone's posted a P-O-D. So I guess I'll pick up the momentum.
Detroit Tastefest, New Center Area
July 4, 2005
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So this Bob guys is Detroit's little D. Trump, eh?
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Just an FYI guys...these things are happening all over the place, and personally I think the cars are very Detroit, it is the "motor city". They may be a bit over the top and funky, but that is the great part about them...I'm here in the good ole MN, and we have had Snoopy and Linus, I cant say they are super MN, but they are fun to see all over the place and kids really get a kick out of them, not to mention they raise tons of money at the end when they go up for auction. I want to think Chicago did cows????
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Chicago, Houston, a lot of cities...The CowParade is like huge...go to www.cowparade.com..They're in South Africa right now..
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Yah, any artist will criticize these things pretty harshly. I would have to agree with them, but at the same time am glad they are around than not. Next time around, I would hope Detroit could show that it is unique and creative by displaying something that is uniquely "Detroit".
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I think street art lightens up anybody's day. I mean, walking down the street and seeing a car covered in sequin..Who wouldn't smile?
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They are auctioning them off. I would like to get my hands on one of those, but I don't have that kind of money.
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So it's basically like the Cow Parade, but with cars...
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Hope these plans blossom and certainly the National Theater on Monroe would be a grand plan for downtown. In our efforts to clean areas in the neighborhoods of the city, we continue to see buildings with "for rent" "for sale" signs on them. When one calls the number, it's been disconnected or noone calls back. Let's hope some of the outer areas can be redeveloped.
Speaking of downtown, unless there are residents there, no retailer will spend any money to eek out a living. Sure CrossWinds is building their 7 years in the making condos- the same company that made it happen in 2 in Royal Oak- and the Woodward Corridor is beginning to become loft central, but until about 20,000 folks choose to move from the suburbs or other areas of the country, there will be no major effect. Wait til the crains come down and the buildings are built. Residents are the key to substaining any viable downtown or neighborhood in general. The city touts its "new housing permits" every year- they number in the low hundreds. A city that once was home to two million, now 850,000, needs residents and folks willing to take risks.
Still, the downtown area can substain a major retail project indeed. However, the neighborhoods need not be forgotten.
I'd buy up all the property downtown but the prices of land raised by speculators waiting endlessly for casinos/ballparks/arenas have priced the average investor right out of the area. Major money has monopolized many historic buildings and land. The most we'll see is a Walmart- well, there is now a Borders-Perhaps it is time to throw some reality at them and surround the islands of prosperity and at most, Home Depots, with true urban renewal, block by block, parcel by parcel independantly. We can sell or build with people devoted to the integrity of the city. Who needs another suburb in Detroit?
Peace from Will at DetroitBazaar
Peace and Good day
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Retail depends on much more than the amount of residents within an area. Traffic and location is more important to a retailer. The demographic of their potential customers is also important. (One thing Detroit still has to conquer.)
Another thing, don't underestimate the power of the Super Bowl. Half of Downtown Houston was empty, with the exception of a drive-thru McDonald's and a drive-thru Bank-One, about a month before the 2004 Super Bowl. By the week before the game there was little to no vacancies.
There's going to be a lot of companies that will be more willing to test the water in Detroit, simply because of the Super Bowl. It gives them the impression that if the city can draw in these type of events, that business will be booming.
~my 2 cents.
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I'm not gonna lie to you, Woodward looks so important in that photo. I'm loving the Compuware banners too, are they all around downtown?
Are they planning to get rid of the rectangular stoplights downtown with the ones in the foreground, because they look outdated?
Detroit Photo of the Day
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Detroit is really blessed when it comes to company recogniziton.
People don't see Crest, and think of Cincinnati.