Originally Posted by
TKshreve
Perhaps the "Grosse Pointe Parke's Crime Deterrent and Walkability Improving Barn®" is a little shake up from what's been tried in the past. You know - burnt out houses, liquor stores, abandoned store fronts and urban prairies that have brought so much vibrance and longevity to the existing "region". But the dismal tone around here suggests it will be short lived. No such forward thinking should be tried, unless it's done with other peoples money.
Tell you what, when the structure is inevitably burned down, upper-eastside Detroiters can claim it as a jewel. Orr and his cronies will have to pry it from your cold, dead hands. Plus it would seamlessly fit right into...... oh, say any corner of the neighborhood.