What I find interesting about this is that both the big late 20th century projects for that area are both now closing: the GM plant and the incinerator.

I find it interesting because I'm inclined to believe that if those things were never built, the neighborhood would be a lot more intact right now and ripe for redevelopment.

I'd say I'm thankful that the terrible "let's destroy huge swaths of our cities and build something big and weird there and hope something good happens" movement is dead and gone but then there is the Illitches. How is that District Detroit working out for you?