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funny you should ask that rbdetsport, I was just at the griswold website being bored and found this

The Cass improvements north of 94 was done by the New Center Council which is part of their master plan I was talking about central midtown area like south Warren (realistically north of like Alexandrine). Cass looks pretty good around WSU, but the new residential corridor needs some work, which I suppose would be the "jurisdiction" of the UCCA as opposd to NCC

michi, glad to hear about the other Woodward phase....I was wondering why that was never done. Do u know the timeline for that project? I personally think they should put those lamp sign flags up most of the way down Woodward. They are there it a couple places, but it would cool to ahve "brush park" lamp signs and "cultural center" or "orchestra place" (which I think exist there actually) and "wayne state" etc etc I also hope UCCA develops a streetscape improvement plan for Cass and or 2nd...at least some pedestrian lighting. The difference in the neighborhood's appearance between night and day is literally like night and day

Crytsal Lofts on realestate.yahoo.com listing says aug 29,2006

a couple other major announcements TechTown unviels a $1.3billion plan that includes other major property owners in the 43-acre, 12 square block area (Henry Ford, GM) (no renderings yet) http://www.crainsdetroit.com/apps/pbcs.dll...c&Profile=0 SPECS OF THE PLAN http://www.crainsdetroit.com/apps/pbcs.dll...12150344/-1/toc Stakeholders in the TechTown project envision development that would include: - 616,500 square feet of office space. - 115,300 square feet of retail. - 951,100 square feet of laboratory space, including 140,000 square feet in the current Tech One tech-incubator building. - Residential housing totaling 3,273 units, including 1,242 for market-rate housing and a mix of campus units: 857 dormitory rooms, 805 graduate student units and 169 units for faculty. - A large passenger train station just west of Woodward to replace the cramped Amtrak station currently on West Baltimore, south of Grand Boulevard. The station could serve Amtrak as well as other uses, such as high-speed rail. - A 72,500-square-foot conference center next to the train station. - A 1,250-seat multiplex theater at Woodward and I-94. - A 71,000 square foot student union at Cass Avenue and York Street. - A 794-room hotel and condominiums at Woodward and Amsterdam Street. AND Northfolk Southern and Amtrak express tentative support for AA-Detroit Commuter rail http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic.../612180334/1003 however, there are currently no plans for New Center transit station-Downtown transit other than current bus routes

damn whered u take this from

Palmer woods and Boston-Edison/Arden Park hoods are must sees...take woodward north. You'll hit Boston-Edison first right before Highland Park. Take Chicago west (left) just past Voigt Park and Holbrook st. This will bring you to Boston-Edison lots of rich doctors/jewish people lived here because its proximity to the medical centers. The most affluent and intact sub is Palmer Woods (or indian village but uve seen that) To get there take Woodward even farther north and it is between 7 and 8 before the fair grounds and the across from new walkable mall thing being built there http://www.palmerwoods.org/ heres a map: http://www.palmerwoods.org/pwMap.html

wow that threw me off...I had no idea Lafayette park was planning that rennovation. What is the timetable for this project/its status?

I hope whenever the rennovate it there are at least some condos so I can live there how sweet would it be to walk out your front door and see this

Capitol Park has SOO much potential...its sad reallly. Hopefully things will change w/ transit terminal and BC/Lafayette. That yellow cell phone add on 1001 was gone last night when I went to the tigers game...anyone know what happened?

god I cant wait for that building to get some use...it's absolutely beautiful

just wait till a new modernist glass building is built there...no historic Hudsons, but a def contribution to the neighborhood

Is there anymore info on the planned changes to Michigan Ave, Allan? would they create a grassy median? I read a study about light rail (maybe it was the AA-Detroit study?, i dont remember) that described a trolley system up woodward, etc as the most economical way to compliment more meaningful/existing transit (like commuter rail,amtrak, PM) because we already have the infastructure and its cheapest. However, they recomended creating a grassy median before installing the trolleys, it was an interesting concept, I would look something like this I assume (with a bigger and more useful car)

look at all the surface lots on the east side (northeast) of downtown...even in the hayday

what year is that from?

count it; 29 days until Redico has to release plans for the Woodward block

they started doing it before...you can see evidence on the rest of the tower. But the lady that owns it seems kinda like a flake, but idk...she has taken some efforts lately to update it http://www.booktowerdetroit.com/ (you can see the huge black mess where they stopped cleaning it)

too bad they just spent money to update it...I want them to move downtown

yeah, lower woodward corrider near merchants row...I think @ Woodward and Grand River, it might be a little north of that idk

the wright kay building is one of my favorite downtown

that is unreal...how dense of a livable village are midtown/downtown? meaning is it a walkable/livable residential area or just commercial space?

try to sell that to Canbrook for their promotional material...for real

I know Im about to take some heat for this, but... Considering the horrible state the interior is in, and its awkward placement in GCP (in between 2 highrises, that space between kales), it should be demolished. Sure, the facade is relatively attractive, but if the facade isnt big enogh to fill that space w/ Kales, building a new building around the facade doesnt seem to make sense. But I think w/ a growing downtown demand, maybe after some of the "dinosaur" buildings are occupied and there is a demand for more residential a larger building (20 stories or so, match its neighbors) should be built. We have an abundance of awesome 20s architecture, but part of the Next Detroit should compliment that with new buildings, maybe more modern. Or maybe a new building can encorporate the design of current Fine Arts and restore prominance in a grander building. Or maybe something more modern

That funding applies to SE michigan (DEtroit) as well. Interesting how the uniquely conservative legislature sought to explicitly exclude Detroit from the benifits that legislation would garner. However, Granholm's stern position that she would veto legislation excluding Detroit led to the current comprimise. Thanks state congress...we're feeling your love.

that's awesome news. I saw some renderings of a Eastern Market plan, but I had no idea any sort of redevelopment was actually close to becoming reality....truely great news. It could hopefully concentrate what is a metro-area strength into the city: ethnic food. There is great ethnic food throughout the metro area; Ethiopian in southfield/ferndale, indian in farmington, Middle Eastern in dearborn/west bloomfield, etc etc...but to have a center for that in the city is awesome. With all of this I feel like we can reach a critical mass of development within 10 years where the progression of the city is sulf-sustaining. Being able to cast off the grime and dirt of rust-belt midwest, even in the midst of economic problems would be a truely great feat.