Why is Crain's afraid of the people of Detroit?

[Retroit]

Originally Posted by ForStarters

All that open land can't be used for anything else now. Even if new buildings went up on all sides of that thing, there would always be this big "dead zone" that people would have to walk by.

That dead zone would have still been there. You would still not be able to walk or bike through much that area because it is blocked off by the expressways. Even if it would have been built with walkability in mind, it likely would never have generated foot traffic with those expressways there.

I should have pointed out in my original post that on the other side of the expressway is a largely abandoned housing project.

[magellan]

Originally Posted by Retroit

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Yeah, I did, and there's basically none in the surrounding block. There's no more crime in the immediate vicinity than a typical downtown area.

Developing out to Gratiot (it still can be done with the remaining area) might encourage redevelopment across the street.

[magellan]

Quick sketch. Building out to the street on both sides creates a nice gateway into downtown:




It would then look something like this:

portland oregon - Google Maps

[magellan]

Ha, here ya go!

[Shinhiryuu]

Originally Posted by magellan

Ha, here ya go!

AAHAHAHA no offense, it just looks so cool AHAHAHAA

[magellan]

Originally Posted by Shinhiryuu

AAHAHAHA no offense, it just looks so cool AHAHAHAA

Cut and paste baby.

I didn't even add the boulevard planters and flowers. They're already there!

[Remisc]

I understand that this is a bizzare placement for an office park. But, I'm happy that there's at least a building on the land. A suburban office park is much more attractive than a giant vacant lot.

[magellan]

Originally Posted by Remisc

I understand that this is a bizzare placement for an office park. But, I'm happy that there's at least a building on the land. A suburban office park is much more attractive than a giant vacant lot.

You're right, and D students are better than dropouts.

Congrats Crain's!

[Bhaalspawn]

Folks should probably just be glad that they located it in Detroit and not one of the suburbs.

[us66]

Originally Posted by Bhaalspawn

Folks should probably just be glad that they located it in Detroit and not one of the suburbs.

Yes, that's a lot of city income tax they're getting.