  Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6073 Registered: 10-2003 |
Here is part 3 of the Replanning Detroit special. | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 1508 Registered: 11-2003 |
Man am I glad they never did any of this. That would have destroyed the whole east side of downtown. | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 7212 Registered: 10-2003 |
There'd have been some much-needed density, tho. Imagine downtown with with the McNamara Federal Building on Jefferson, Wayne State Med. school a few blocks away, the Pharmacy school inside the 375 loop instead of outside and all that housing. We would have lost Greektown in that scheme, but we might have saved downtown retail. (Message edited by itsjeff on December 18, 2006) | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 568 Registered: 04-2006 |
Great rip down U of D and several other churches and replace them with a museum of religious history? If you look at the amount of the land that is being used for warehousing or parking, I doubt there would be much of an improvement in either density, or accepted measures of community vibrancy. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4623 Registered: 11-2003 |
Not a stinking word about mass transit. That's atleast one reason why Downtown Detroit went downhill faster than bullet on Devil's Night. jjaba. | ||
Mccarch Member Username: Mccarch Post Number: 95 Registered: 12-2003 |
"Museum of Religious History"? Who came up with this thoughtfart - some apparatchik in the Ministry of the Next Five Year Plan? Interestingly, I think they were going to keep Old St Mary's Church, if I read the plan right, for the actual building. What scares me is that some of our present ideas are equally looney; we just don't see them with the benefit of hindsight. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 143 Registered: 10-2006 |
Just some old school urban planning, no need to worry, just an interesting piece for the history books. | ||
Southen Member Username: Southen Post Number: 48 Registered: 08-2006 |
Very interesting. It looks more like a suburban design then one for a major downtown. I did like the extension of Grand Circus Park though. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 815 Registered: 12-2005 |
AIW--can you PLEASE get your text to vertically space so that the lines of text are separate from each other? It’s very hard on the eyes to read. | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6074 Registered: 10-2003 |
Packman, I'm not sure what is your text problem... Can you take a screen shot and e-mail it to me? | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6076 Registered: 10-2003 |
As for those responsible for that plan? Offices of Eberle M. Smith Associates, Inc., Architects Engineers represented by: Edward Hammarskjold, Charles W. Scurlock | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1185 Registered: 12-2005 |
Aiw, 56packman, I turned up the text size in Internet Explorer to "largest" then went to http://internationalmetropolis .com/?p=271 and the text did overlap a bit. Is that the problem? | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 816 Registered: 12-2005 |
OK--it looks fine on my 'puter at home. I'll look at the setting on "the other one" and see what's up | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 820 Registered: 12-2005 |
AIW-I fixed it, text size was set for "largest" Be patient, I'm still learning. | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6082 Registered: 10-2003 |
 Glad it's resolved. | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 7219 Registered: 10-2003 |
text size was set for "largest" 56packman, how old a man would you say you are? |
