Pieces of Detroit's Paradise Valley district set to come together

[Airforceguy]

When a group of local businessmen announced plans for the Paradise Valley Cultural and Entertainment District nearly a decade ago, part of that vision included a performance and arts-focused cocktail lounge.

Realization of that vision will come when the 2,200-square-foot Vinyl Society venue on Randolph Street opens in November.

To the east: the upcoming reconstruction of Interstate 375 is expected to connect downtown to the neighborhoods. “We ensured that the history of the people, the culture, the music, the clothing, the hairstyles, everything about that period when this was a very rich and vibrant area — it comes out in what we’re doing in the space,” said Dennis Archer Jr., owner of Congress Hospitality.

The lounge sits in an area developers say will become a rejuvenated historic entertainment district along Randolph and Monroe streets downtown. It is among other projects underway in an area near Bedrock’s planned Development at Cadillac Square project, a 1.5-million-square-foot mixed-use phased development between Monroe and Randolph streets, adjacent to Campus Martius Park and Cadillac Square. The area will also see new dining options with soul food restaurant Fixins Soul Kitchen on Randolph, which former NBA All-Star Kevin Johnson expects to open later this year, and housing options with Basco's upcoming Broadway Lofts development on Broadway. “We believe this area will undergo a true renaissance while paying homage to the African American roots of the neighborhood with many new Black-owned businesses opening in the area, including Fixins and The Vinyl Society,” said Nevan Shokar, vice president with Basco.

The entertainment offerings and beautification projects planned for the area "will help us thoughtfully curate programming that stays true to the neighborhood,” he added.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/bu...t/70913027007/

[Danny]

Turning Germantown into Harmonie Park and into New Paradise Valley.

Paradise Valley is at Hastings St. Since that's gone its time the once historic black community to rebuild.

[stasu1213]

The building that once housed The Carr Center has an auditorium on the top floor. Renovations were planned for that Auditorium 10 years ago to no avail. Let's hope that the owner of that building renovate the auditorium so that events could be held at it

[K-slice]

More racialized BS. Always looking back and never forward.

[gratiotfaced]

More racialized BS. Always looking back and never forward.

This article is literally ​about the future of the neighborhood..

[stasu1213]

Weren't there Black owned businesses in that area 10s ago or so? Detroit Seafood House, Studio Live or something like that, Michigan Chronicles, Spectacles eere all in that area at one time but all saving 1 went out of business.

[gratiotfaced]

Duggan's State of the City address in 2022 mentioned that Hiram Jackson would finally break ground on a 90 unit development across from Harmonie Park this fall [[2023). Do we have any further word on that?

https://youtu.be/HqYZeK4cIQU?si=DFDKa54Fbua4gpJh&t=4407

[1953]

Glad to hear there are plans to revitalize Harmonie Park, but Skipper's Rule on this one.

Also, if they remove 375 and resurrect Paradise Valley, how confusing is that going to be for the folks in Harmonie Park who think they're in Paradise Valley?

1953

[K-slice]

This article is literally ​about the future of the neighborhood..

You don't create the future by digging up ancient grievance, or by intentionally excluding those who might have valuable input or money to invest. Sick of those who continue to stand in the way of diversity.

[Richard]

^ you are basing on that they want a diverse city to begin with,because it went so well when it was not diverse.

That mindset built a nice successful city so why change it?

Look at the black belt cities of the south that make Detroit look like a star city,virtually destroyed because it is a heritage thing and white folk have no business meddling or investing in because their real intent is to destroy the culture while the smallest of potholes on Main Street require a tow truck to lift you out and the broken water mains that may or may not ever get fixed flood the streets out.

When it gets to the point where middle class African Americans are fleeing to the suburbs and also taking their money with them,it might be time to rethink your strategy.

[stasu1213]

^ you are basing on that they want a diverse city to begin with,because it went so well when it was not diverse.

That mindset built a nice successful city so why change it?

Look at the black belt cities of the south that make Detroit look like a star city,virtually destroyed because it is a heritage thing and white folk have no business meddling or investing in because their real intent is to destroy the culture while the smallest of potholes on Main Street require a tow truck to lift you out and the broken water mains that may or may not ever get fixed flood the streets out.

When it gets to the point where middle class African Americans are fleeing to the suburbs and also taking their money with them,it might be time to rethink your strategy.

Diversity build a thriving neighborhoods and business districts. I also thinks that having ethnic enclaves such as Greektown, Mexican Town, etc. However Detroit had been African American controlled for 50 years. During those 50 years the neighborhoods deteriorated rapidly. Many Black's especially college graduates instead of staying in the neighborhoods and maintaining them as their parents whom migrated from the south had done ran to lily white Oakland County During the 70s and 80s for better living conditions and amenities for their families. Many Black neighborhoods throughout Detroit defy ordinances by having g low fences around yards where pitbulls roam inside, basketball rims setup in the middle of side streets, loud music blaring in the middle of the night, and business retail districts lined with the same low quality ethnic businesses. Middle to upper class African Americans flee to White Republican suburbs for better living for their families

[Richard]

Where I am at it is not a black or white thing,because of the heavy Hispanic influx.

Its more of a social economic thing,the lowest incomes are segregated pretty much,a lot of the Hispanic lower income are segregated because they do not speak English,which actually plays a part in keeping them lower income.

Then when you start moving up the social status,the next point being between low income and middle income is where the most diverse communities are but then when it gets to middle class and upper middle class it becomes segregated again into enclaves of one race dominating.

It’s by choice because those that live there do not discourage other races from moving there,it’s more like the old days but in a suburban environment.

But the most diverse neighborhoods are the blue collar class mostly because they all share the same goal of keeping their head above water and really do not have the time for all of the B.S.

My neighborhood is a mix of white and African American,everybody gets along lives and let live type thing,nobody gets offended by a rebel flag being flown or a Saturday late night party playing rap music.

But everybody just kinda respects each other and even though I have customers that would never come into my neighborhood,there is hardly any crime versus the neighborhoods that it is cool to live in but have the highest crime rates.

Although with the market change that has flooded the neighborhood with New York Ricans it’s all starting to go to crap for blacks and whites,50% increase in property values but money does not buy respect for others or even couth.