Quote Originally Posted by dtowncitylover View Post
What he proposed then is pretty much the same he proposing now, but without one thing: downtown and midtown are coming back. Downtown was dead in 2000 and no one was investing. Now we have not only the Illitches, but also Glibert, Penske, etc doing their thing. They weren't around 15 years ago.
Not to mention the development of the streetcar, which will be helpful in attracting investors as well.

Were these plans ever pushed to the point this one is? Saying you want an entertainment district is much different than planning, diagramming, securing funding, and issuing a public announcement for one. I was too young during the Comerica development to know much about these earlier ideas.