Thanks for the visual progress at the Auburn site!
I'm shocked at how massive the parking proportions are for the Hudson's block rendering! I realize as downtown grows, there is a need for accessible parking, but my hope is that it develops more hidden in the urban design. The sightlines at the 10-story Lofts of Merchant's Row across the street would be cavernous, fume-infested, open parking slabs...looking above the 12th level, you'd see some odd residential structure (a fraction of the scale of the garage it sits on) floating above the city. I thought the garage at 1001 Woodward was gawdy enough, and that's the gateway to Campus Martius. I still have hope for the Monroe block design, but I swear, if cars are going to be parked over Campus Martius frontage, we sure as heck aren't trying hard enough!
