HomeDiagramsDatabaseMapsForum About
     

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Global Projects & Construction > City Compilations


Reply

 
Thread Tools Display Modes
     
     
  #481  
Old Posted Aug 9, 2007, 8:36 PM
Maldive's Avatar
Maldive Maldive is online now
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 4,102
I think Detroit should "twin" with Toronto. Sure it would seem like an illogical promo press release, at first.

Or is it?

Toronto (and the GTA) emerged as a major beneficiary of the auto-pact.

Toronto exploded (for many reasons), Detroit declined (for many reasons).

No Toronto resident who ever crossed the Windsor border would give Detroit great reviews... but they probably noticed what a great city it once was (and will be again).

Just a brief commercial for Detroit. If you are interested in more, then keep this thread active.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #482  
Old Posted Aug 10, 2007, 9:17 PM
LMich's Avatar
LMich LMich is offline
Midwest Moderator - Editor
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Big Mitten
Posts: 31,745
I'm not sure how that would help anything, at all.
__________________
Where the trees are the right height
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #483  
Old Posted Aug 11, 2007, 1:47 AM
zuelas zuelas is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Detroit
Posts: 78
In addition to LMich's response.... I'm not sure I want the ppl of a city where EVERYONE who has crossed the border, as you say, has a negative review trying to promote a commercial for the city of Detroit. We have enough pessimistic ppl within our own borders. Thanks anyways!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #484  
Old Posted Aug 11, 2007, 3:42 PM
testdrive testdrive is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 142
Guess it will take a while to undo what has happened there. When I was growing up there there was nothing but pride for the area. The good thing is that there is a definite Detroit mojo/identity to work with and few more dramatic announcements <i.e Quicken, G.M has a 4th quarter profit, union talks produce something that will turn costs around, you get a new mayor haha> The ball seems to have started to roll and believe it or not there are many of us all over the country that are really promoting the "new" Detroit. I will be there in Oct and am excited to see some of these things going on....
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #485  
Old Posted Aug 12, 2007, 1:53 AM
jasonic's Avatar
jasonic jasonic is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 72
First National Building

I was going to the National city branch in the First National Building the other day and saw contruction going on in one of the retail spaces off of the lobby. I asked the security guard what was going in and he thought it was a wine bar. Anyone have info on this? Can anyone verify that these are the plans for the street level space?

If correct, that will be a great location for a wine bar/restaurant with great views of CMP. Excting if true. I'll definitely get my drink on there.

-J
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #486  
Old Posted Aug 12, 2007, 6:33 PM
DetKing12565 DetKing12565 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 64
I think there has been alot of recent activity in the guardian building. I believe new shops are coming in and more office space is being taken up. like the penobscot building has had recent office space being taken up, like the move of univision from Troy to downtown Detroit's penobscot bldg. alot of new shops are coming in around downtown, the city is really pushing for retail. and I hope retail will come in cause Detroit lacks any shopping.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #487  
Old Posted Aug 14, 2007, 1:40 AM
Michi's Avatar
Michi Michi is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Downtown Houston
Posts: 8,520
David Stott condo news?

Anyone have details?

http://wdetfm.org/detroittoday/

Congrats on the publicity, Deco Jim!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #488  
Old Posted Aug 14, 2007, 3:54 AM
hudkina hudkina is offline
Honored Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 7,445
kind of odd that there haven't been any rumblings prior to this...
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #489  
Old Posted Aug 21, 2007, 2:29 AM
ManageMich ManageMich is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 8
Quicken Loans

Kind of interesting that the county plans to move their engineering office to the Guardian Building if the commission approves the sale on Sept. 6. The engineering office is in the building directly behind the former Statler-Hilton site.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #490  
Old Posted Aug 22, 2007, 4:29 AM
zuelas zuelas is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Detroit
Posts: 78
^^^ I'm not really sure what you're getting at. I don't think anything should be torn down to make way for a Quicken HQ considering all the empty space and vacant bldgs in the vicinity. Or are you implying that the space would become more profitable to lease out to another party? Trust me, I'd love for it to mean 'something' but I don't see the connection.

Also, at DYes there's a guy who takes aerial pics of the casinos every month and while I was looking at the most recent ones of the HUGE MGM roof I wondered why they couldn't have made it a green roof. With all the money they're pouring into this monster, couldn't they have incorporated something of that nature? From the air all you see is this big cream mess that does nothing but ugly up the area and you barely notice the hotel portion w/its stumpy height. I know it's better than the parking lot expanse that was there before but c'mon. Touted the priciest construction project in Michigan at 3/4 + billion dollars and we got that!!! hahahaha
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #491  
Old Posted Aug 22, 2007, 3:29 PM
DetKing12565 DetKing12565 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 64
any more news on Quicken's hq, I haven't found out much, and aslo what about Greektown, have they finished that parking garage yet?

ps. pope I don't get your picture, is nelson laughing at Detroit or at the people looking at it.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #492  
Old Posted Aug 22, 2007, 7:18 PM
hudkina hudkina is offline
Honored Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 7,445
He's laughing at the Ren Cen because Key Tower (Cleveland) is taller. He originally posted it in a thread a long time ago, but I can't remember what the thread was about...
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #493  
Old Posted Aug 22, 2007, 7:50 PM
ManageMich ManageMich is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 8
Zuelas - What I'm getting at is that it is being proposed that the Wayne County Public Services building be freed up for the Quicken deal. I don't know if it will be demolished but it wouldn't surprise me if it was. Although I know that Quicken wants to develop residential around its new building. The county appears to be doing things behind the scenes to make this deal happen along with the DEGC.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #494  
Old Posted Aug 23, 2007, 2:29 AM
the pope's Avatar
the pope the pope is offline
not cleavefied
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: A City Without Nelson
Posts: 4,021
Quote:
Originally Posted by hudkina View Post
He's laughing at the Ren Cen because Key Tower (Cleveland) is taller. He originally posted it in a thread a long time ago, but I can't remember what the thread was about...
Disclaimer: MayDay made it, I stole it.

I can't remember what it was about either....
__________________
--SSP's 10th Kewlest Forumer of 2004
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #495  
Old Posted Aug 23, 2007, 3:47 AM
hudkina hudkina is offline
Honored Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 7,445
lol. I think it might have been when I was "arguing" over whether Downriver was better than Columbus or something? I can't remember.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #496  
Old Posted Aug 24, 2007, 6:45 PM
subterranean subterranean is online now
Registered Ugly
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Portland
Posts: 3,628
Photos from this past week [Book-Cadillac, Riverfront]

O, Canada!

...imagining the twin span

I see white people..










































A dude who insisted on posing for a picture









Hmm..













Last edited by subterranean; Aug 24, 2007 at 6:57 PM.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #497  
Old Posted Aug 24, 2007, 10:51 PM
the pope's Avatar
the pope the pope is offline
not cleavefied
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: A City Without Nelson
Posts: 4,021
didn't realize how good she looks clean (BC)

thanks for the update.
__________________
--SSP's 10th Kewlest Forumer of 2004
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #498  
Old Posted Aug 25, 2007, 1:46 AM
DetKing12565 DetKing12565 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 64
I just went to the book cadillac tonight, construction was still going on, it looked very nice. also Greektown was geting some what further. that parking garage is huge!!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #499  
Old Posted Aug 25, 2007, 1:58 AM
Austinlee's Avatar
Austinlee Austinlee is offline
Chillin' in The Burgh
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Spring Hill, Pittsburgh
Posts: 13,094
Wow, those pictures are really exciting!! I feel like Detroit has or is getting close to critical mass with all those downtown residential projects and conversions to have the city center as a lively, livable neighborhood again... Is that true? How long until that happens?
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #500  
Old Posted Aug 25, 2007, 3:18 PM
Michi's Avatar
Michi Michi is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Downtown Houston
Posts: 8,520
Yah, critical mass is coming. I think 2010 is a reasonable year to use as a benchmark of assessment for that. It's a little bit off yet. There is still a massive amount of space to fill and connections to make throughout downtown and Midtown to even start revealing a contiguous stream of livable space.

My prediction is that the time period between 2010 and 2015 might start to usher in the second phase of critical mass building, heavily dependent on two things: 1) the state of the economy, and 2) where we are with mass transit. This 5 year period might be used to build the first of a system and IF (big if) we have it by 2015, the 5 years thereafter could be the time period where greater downtown achieves signs of critical mass.

What you are seeing now is just the snowball effect of a few critical events that have occurred in the past few years, a few of those being Campus Martius, GM/Compuware, Riverfront, Book Cadillac, and streetscapes.

Thanks for the picture updates, sub. Now, I don't have to do it!
Reply With Quote
     
     
This discussion thread continues

Use the page links to the lower-right to go to the next page for additional posts
 
 
Reply

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Global Projects & Construction > City Compilations
Forum Jump


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 6:15 PM.

     
SkyscraperPage.com - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.