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With the Wings set to open at home vs. the Bruins, what are your predictions for this season?

I'm thinking it's going to...

That's not true. There are plenty of "decisionmakers" looking to live in Northville/Novi/Plymouth, Ann Arbor, even Grosse Pointe that would hate a longer commute to Troy than Detroit.


That is...

As a Meridian employee I can tell you that the new headquarters was still very much a part of the company's plan as of July. Any news since then is news to me.

I think outdoor seating would be possible on Woodward. The sidewalk is very wide in the area you mentioned, and with the M-1 rail making Woodward more narrow, it would take away a lot of the "big...

Highland Park is just such an unfortunate area. It will likely not see any of the development or investment, the blight removal, or the re-lighting that Detroit is getting - at least for a while. For...

Are you disagreeing with me? You proved my point by saying that kids around here have the worst parenting possible. There is no amount of money or investment that can fix that. Some neighborhoods...

It's hard to fix people. You can put money into the schools, but it won't matter if parents don't send their kids to school, their kids don't want to learn, or parents are afraid of sending their...

Big Beaver Rd? Why would anyone who isn't from Troy/Sterling Heights want to work there? Unless you're a stone throw from Somerset, working in endless suburbia doesn't sound too enticing to me. It's...

Invite musicians to perform outdoor concerts in local parks and such.

Wow, the DTW line would be great. Servicing Ford HQ, Dearborn, Corktown, downtown, and the RenCen? And it's not too ridiculous of a plan since that route from I-94 => Southfield fwy => Michigan Ave...

Wow 5 p.m. to 1 a.m only on Fridays and Saturdays? That seems a bit silly.

Now let's not exaggerate. The city income tax can be offset with a raise, driving on any highway or Woodward is not an unsafe commute, there aren't too many panhandlers in the core of downtown...

As a Meridian employee, I can tell you it was still planned as of June. Since then, I haven't heard anything either.

I think the most likely to move downtown is definitely Penkse, then maybe TRW or Borg Warner. I welcome any new corporate entity if it means more jobs in Detroit. The nationwide shift is for...

It's especially news to me considering I work for Meridian. That being said, they don't have a great reputation of keeping their employees informed.


As of June the plan for the new headquarters...

This is news to me, where did you see that?

A few of your wishes are almost sure to actually happen. Monroe block is getting a 16-story office building for Meridian Health Plan's headquarters, there's a 6-story apartment planned for Statler,...

What is your realistic, ideal image of Downtown in the next 5 years?


We have already seen progress in the renovation of the Book-Cadillac, Broderick, and David Whitney buildings, the...

After the Brewster demolition is done, there will be an overwhelming amount of vacant land between John R and the I-75 service drive in that area. I'm hoping for some middle/upper middle class...

The problem with the Packard Plant is that it's in the straight ghetto. Who would invest in redeveloping that place with the low probability of anything succeeding long term?

The comparisons to the People Mover need to stop. You're right, it is not the DPM, it is nothing like the DPM, and will be more popular than the DPM; how much more popular I don't know. The M1...

Your optimistic outlook is so refreshing.

Highly doubtful...especially since they are keeping Twelve Oaks, which is the only one that they own within 15 miles of this place. This is also just a glorified strip mall from what it sounds like,...

What a great story! News doesn't always need to be negative.

http://www.freep.com/article/20140804/NEWS01/308040029/Detroit-go-kart-man

Why is that? Do you have a source other than this thread saying that? Because they've already demolished two of the towers and are working on the last two, and the rowhouses are already gone. The...