Also... somewhere in the bowels of DYES archives is a 20+ year old thread talking about Mike Ilitches "Agora" [Greek/Macedonian for marketplace]... his idea to turn the 1 block closed section of W. Columbia St. into a marketplace type area.
It looks as though they finally went thru with it, with all that 'festoon lighting"!
Here it is at Christmas 2023... and yes... it does look "festive"... especially if you click on the music sound... lol. Only thing missing are people... besides the 4 shown.
https://www.instagram.com/michiganli...l/C1cXJVIudl0/
Of course turning the Fox Building into a Hotel, and actually having residents living in the Blenheim and Detroit Life Buildings, and points west of Park Ave... that might actually attract visitors to this area at night, as well as the day traffic it already gets.
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