Wschnitt Member Username: Wschnitt
Post Number: 32 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 7:48 pm: | |
Does anyone know what is happening around Nick's Gas Light and behind the Book Building? |
Ramcharger Member Username: Ramcharger
Post Number: 416 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 7:53 pm: | |
The city is building the new Rosa Parks Transit Center (bus terminal). https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/89914/95021.html?1175230 711 |
Billk Member Username: Billk
Post Number: 99 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 2:10 pm: | |
They are also resurfacing a lot of roads downtowm. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 1956 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 2:18 pm: | |
Whats up with all the white "sails" looking things going up around Detroit? There's some on the riverfront, and the Rosa Parks center is apparently going to have a bunch. Is this a Detroit thing, or what? Do big white sails somehow tie in with hundred-year old architecture in a way I am unaware of? |
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336
Post Number: 1307 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 2:26 pm: | |
um, an homage to our past maritime greatness? Many cities are using tensile structures for many different reasons they are permanent, but more easily changeable, modern, but somehow traditional looking, and they can be relatively cheap |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 1957 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 2:34 pm: | |
I just wonder how a few years of diesel bus exhaust will fare on those brilliant white sheets. I fear they will quickly become gray and black messes. |
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus
Post Number: 1879 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 2:37 pm: | |
so will this transit center mean fewer people standing along Woodward waiting for the bus to come? i.e., will the bus stops be eliminated and replaced with this one central hub? |
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle
Post Number: 177 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 2:40 pm: | |
it means less people in CGP at the temporary hub |
Motorcitydave Member Username: Motorcitydave
Post Number: 73 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 3:22 pm: | |
The hub is currently at Capitol Park. |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 6367 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 7:04 pm: | |
The New Rosa Parks D-DOT Bus Terminal is the ugliest building that I have ever seen. Oh well that's 21st Century architecture. |
Ghetto_butterfly Member Username: Ghetto_butterfly
Post Number: 738 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 7:33 pm: | |
quote:I just wonder how a few years of diesel bus exhaust will fare on those brilliant white sheets Not for much longer. The EPA emission regulations have been in effect since this year 2007 and every new bus and commercial vehicle (built after 2006) is required to comply with them. My company is one of those providing the technology. |
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313
Post Number: 459 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 11:32 pm: | |
I know the city doesn't own the Michigan Depot, But I don't understand why they didn't use that money to renovate the building plus house the new Greyhound bus terminal there alone with the DDOT HQ!?! image the activity in the area that would have generated. I know it's low income residents, but it still income. If the city could pull that off, they could have even lured SMART also. That would easily make the MCS the largest depot in Michigan. Then you build a people mover extention, followed by an Amtrack station. Either way Detroit missed the chance....again <313> |
Spitcoff Member Username: Spitcoff
Post Number: 129 Registered: 03-2004
| Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 11:34 pm: | |
how is the gaslight always wanted to go in but dont know anything about it |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 1486 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 1:45 pm: | |
Gaslight is sort of like a suburban ethnic hall, but in the city. People there are nice, but don't pay to park in the lot next to it when you can park on the street. |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 9858 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 2:06 pm: | |
quote:so will this transit center mean fewer people standing along Woodward waiting for the bus to come? i.e., will the bus stops be eliminated and replaced with this one central hub? I think the Woodward routes will reamin. This will take over the bus interchange currently in Capitol Park. It should open up capitol park to be a lot better of an opportunity for redevelopment but I don't think (not positive) that it will change the current bus routes. |
6nois Member Username: 6nois
Post Number: 437 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 3:06 pm: | |
"I just wonder how a few years of diesel bus exhaust will fare on those brilliant white sheets. I fear they will quickly become gray and black messes." These white sails that you are speaking of are made of teflon coated fiberglass, so the same thing that keeps your frying pan clean keeps the white sails a bright white. Hail Science. |
Billk Member Username: Billk
Post Number: 104 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 1:01 pm: | |
313, what is this Michigan Depot you refer to? |
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100
Post Number: 1426 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 1:02 pm: | |
I believe he means MCS. |