  Chris_rohn Member Username: Chris_rohn Post Number: 183 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 68.77.160.147 |
http://www.slate.com/id/213542 2/ (Message edited by chris_rohn on February 03, 2006) | ||
Darwinism Member Username: Darwinism Post Number: 384 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.215.30.34 |
Wow ..... hmmm ..... flashback moment back to 2001, and then fast-forward to 2006. Interesting. | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 471 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.42.176.123 |
Wow, never knew the Statler was located at Michigan Ave. and Grand Circus Park. Actually, I never realized Michigan Ave. intersected with Grand Circus Park. And you know what, I'm glad they told me about the parking structure where the ML once was. They threw that thing up real fast. This story got a lot of little details wrong, but I think the overall sentiment was on target. | ||
Eric Member Username: Eric Post Number: 321 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 35.11.17.12 |
That doesn't give them carte blanche to lie so they can make a point this reminds me of that 100 buildings hit list. Anyone with half brain and who lives in Detroit knowst the above isn't remotely true The gist of the article that I get is that since city made some bad decision with hisotric building like M-L and didn't finish on all pre-SBXL plans that it has been a failure for city. They seem to charaterize most SB improvements as just temporary I don't think this true at all. IMO this more than just getting some little details wrong | ||
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 1395 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.250.205.35 |
Sooooo the point of that article is that Detroit needs hotel rooms? At some point when I wasn't distracted by all the glaring inaccuracies, I am pretty sure I picked that up as the main point. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 3139 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197 |
Ummm...where to begin... 1. Two hotel towers are under construction, with one on the way. 2. In even some of the most vibrant downtowns (barring the mega-cities of New York, Chicago, and the like) the Book-Cadillac would be quite the job, let alone in a city just rediscovering itself. 3. etc. | ||
Themapman Member Username: Themapman Post Number: 232 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 130.126.81.7 |
I'm disappointed in a news outlet like Slate that prides itself on accuracy and well-thought out criticism and commentary to print something like this. Not only was it one of the most superficial pieces I've read on the city all week, it decided to dwell entirely on the negatives of a few (granted huge and irreversable) mistakes the city has made and continues to discount the simple fact that things are getting better. Maybe it hasn't reached the point yet where the city is being repopulated by white people, but I didn't know that was the freaking goal. You can walk around downtown, you can show it to outsiders, and now at least you don't have to immediately apologize like a 12 year old with a messy room. This is by far the biggest piece of trash that I've seen written by anyone this past week, and to have it written by two Michigan natives is just that much worse. I emailed the Slate editors and told them to check their sources. | ||
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026 Post Number: 442 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 71.10.63.140 |
interesting that a detroit resident wrote the article.... |
