  Sc00by9999 Member Username: Sc00by9999 Post Number: 7 Registered: 11-2006 |
Im wondering if anyone has any news on the new port authority building going up by the rencen. according to their website "The project is expected to be complete in 2006"  | ||
Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez Post Number: 210 Registered: 12-2006 |
sweet! Can't wait to moor the Bertram at that baby. Rock--you with me here? That looks like a nice operation. | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1140 Registered: 11-2004 |
As a side note, they created a connecting path for the riverwalk between the Ren Cen and Hart Plaza portions so pedestrians can avoid walking along Atwater and through the DPD parking lot now. I snapped this a few days ago.  | ||
Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez Post Number: 211 Registered: 12-2006 |
so is that connecting path considered the new "port authority" terminal? If so,I guess they scaled things back a bit. Or is it further down where that boat is ? | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1141 Registered: 11-2004 |
It's supposed to go where the asphalt is and the concrete begins in the picture. | ||
Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez Post Number: 213 Registered: 12-2006 |
uh huh.... | ||
Dtroit Member Username: Dtroit Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2007 |
Well I have been wondering for quite sometime also. I believe the sign at the site has a different timeline on it, however I am not positive. I have sent an email to the Port Authority. I am hoping for a quick response. | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 3778 Registered: 10-2003 |
What perfect stopping point for a Detroit - Windsor ferry! This is behind Ford Auditorium, right? | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1697 Registered: 11-2003 |
rulez' Betram is a better candidate to tie up here than my SeaRay. I am not sure if the docking space will accomodate too large a cruise ship, but I will remain optomistic. | ||
Mbr Member Username: Mbr Post Number: 131 Registered: 03-2005 |
http://www.portdetroit.com/ind ex.htm That looks like a pretty big cruise ship on the front page of their website. Might just be for show. | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1142 Registered: 11-2004 |
Lowell: It's behind the auditorium and the western half of the riverfront garage. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 420 Registered: 10-2003 |
 Now that is just silly. | ||
Stecks77 Member Username: Stecks77 Post Number: 341 Registered: 08-2006 |
Miami! | ||
Cgunn Member Username: Cgunn Post Number: 39 Registered: 01-2004 |
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Jdkeepsmiling Member Username: Jdkeepsmiling Post Number: 248 Registered: 01-2006 |
I would so go on a nice summer Great Lakes Cruise if they began and ended in Detroit. | ||
Pete Member Username: Pete Post Number: 65 Registered: 10-2003 |
It's all about federal money. What I heard from the architects was that the money wasn't used quickly enough the first time around, and so they are waiting for it to be allocated again. Same thing with the transit center - federal money. I've had some limited experience with federal grants when I worked for an engineering consultant, and I know it was always a bitch for the accountants. | ||
Genesyxx Member Username: Genesyxx Post Number: 704 Registered: 02-2004 |
so... when's work starting on this project? I walk by there everyday and nothing seems to be going on, sans the litter piling up a little. And that pic is ridiculous! That looks like 8x the size of the Princess! | ||
Andyguard73 Member Username: Andyguard73 Post Number: 224 Registered: 03-2006 |
That picture isn't ridiculous if you look closely at it. The Columbus (the ship in the picture, as Cgunn pointed out) isn't actually docked at Detroit, but is northbound in the middle of the river, quite a ways away from shore. If you look at it understanding the perspective you're viewing it from and the ship's actually location it's not as weird looking. On a side note, the Columbus has docked in my hometown of Port Huron at the Seaway terminal a number of times (the bean dock for old timers from the area), and while it's a nice facility I would imagine that the Port Authority building will be able to handle quite a bit more. | ||
Andyguard73 Member Username: Andyguard73 Post Number: 226 Registered: 03-2006 |
Here are some pictures of the Columbus at port in Port Huron so you can get a sense of the scale of the ship at dock.  http://www.achesonventures.com/swtphotogallery.asp | ||
Detmsp Member Username: Detmsp Post Number: 18 Registered: 08-2008 |
any news on this? is the plan dead? stalled? |
