Originally Posted by
DetBill
I tend to agree with you. The Illitches have no doubt manipulated and taken advantage of tax incentives [[ as many have ) for their more than profitable adventures, but have developed some very impressive facilities. They are business people, not a total charity, what does one expect. However, so many on here seem to have no idea what the city would be like without them. I remember living here in 1984, [[still do 35 years later, I can certify I have lived downtown through it all ) and the city was a disaster , and nobody would even look at the city, Illitch started with the Fox theater development , renovated and restored beautifully a dilapidated and water destroyed theater that finally, brought solid world class entertainement back downtown, did several other projects, waffled on several other projects, and overall was the catalyst that started any sort of rebirth that took 15 to 20 years to develop.