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Detroit, MI *redux*
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Had to slip this one in again.
https://www.smugmug.com/search/?q=de...ng+detroit&i=0
https://ziewers.smugmug.com/Michigan...rban/i-8WSJcST
Looking southwest down Grand Blvd toward Lee Plaza (the windowless high-rise) as a snow shower falls over Dearborn. Lee Plaza was the "Michigan Central Depot" before MCD was the symbol of Detroit's decline. This month redevelopment efforts on both properties seem to have taken dramatic steps forward, especially with it looking like Ford will purchase and renovate MCD.
https://ziewers.smugmug.com/Michigan...rban/i-8WSJcST
*Edit (didn't like my grammar and wording in this description) The Ford H.Q. can be seen in the background directly behind Lee Plaza along with other Ford high-rises that make up the Dearborn skyline in the distance. It feels somehow appropriate that I post this pic of Michigan Central Depot next tying things together nicely, that is to say will tie things if Ford does indeed decide to buy and renovated the old train station & the redevelopment plans for Lee Plaza Move forward as well.
At the very least now that the Michigan Depot owners put in 1,100 new windows Canadians coming into the US don't have to look at blight the second they cross the border and Detroiters can admire their signature bridge (the longest suspension bridge in the world when it opened) without the view of it and one of the nicest neighborhoods in the city (Corktown) without a big hulking building with broken windows looming above.
https://ziewers.smugmug.com/Michigan...rban/i-8WSJcST
Downtown on a foggy night last year. I can't wait to see views like this this year (N.W. of downtown) as the Book Tower progresses with its renovation and all light up with its light colored facade. Not the gothic looking soot and grime covered facade that even in the dark with the roof lit and a few light on makes the building looks a tad dark & ominous.
https://ziewers.smugmug.com/Michigan...rban/i-8WSJcST