Nice! You can catch the renovation going on at the Madison Building, too, in that first picture.
The Terminal & Dock was formally opened, yesterday...
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Officials hope newly opened Detroit port helps revive waterfront
Tom Greenwood | The Detroit News
July 19, 2011
If you build it, they will cruise on in.
That's the hope behind the new $22 million Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority that officially opened Monday.
And in a bit of sea-going serendipity, the backdrop to the ceremony was the sleek, 184-foot-long boat Grand Mariner, which earlier stopped at the port as part of its Chicago-to-Toronto cruise.
"This is a huge milestone on our waterfront," said John Jamian, executive director of the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority.
"Detroit started on the waterfront, and we're returning to the waterfront.
"There were so many cruise ships that docked here in the 1920s … we're returning full circle."
Jamian said so far, five boats have docked at the new terminal within the past few weeks, including the Pride of Baltimore II, which berthed at the dock last week.
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I'm really pulling for the terminal. To be honest, though, if they want to assure that this doesn't become a white elephant, they'll really put effort into searching for an operator to start a Detroit-Windsor ferry. I really think that's something that could work, and give the terminal an anchor, pun not intended.