Detroit State Savings Bank Owner Wants to Demolish Historic Structure, Build Parking

[dawgbone]

I worked in the Penobscot Building for about six years. Our employer offered subsidized [[I think it was even free... this was the 90s) parking at Joe Louis Arena. Most people walked to and fro, but there was a pretty great shuttle service that others used that was quick and easy.

There are many many more options than to tear down a classic, centuries old building designed by one of the most prestigious firms in the history of architecture. For instance, why not use some of the $20 million to tear it down and build a parking garage, and use it to add to others efforts of increasing public transit.

The question should be, how do you bring more people downtown with less cars [[and so, less need for parking)?

[GPCharles]

The question should be, how do you bring more people downtown with less cars [[and so, less need for parking)?

Easy, build a subway system. Anyone have $20 billion sitting around?

[rjlj]

You bring more people downtown with less cars by building places for them to live downtown and provinding them easy and affordable public transit. The central business district does not have a lot of places to live and poor public transit. Until that changes, buidings like this will continually be endangered.

I worked in the Penobscot Building for about six years. Our employer offered subsidized [[I think it was even free... this was the 90s) parking at Joe Louis Arena. Most people walked to and fro, but there was a pretty great shuttle service that others used that was quick and easy.

There are many many more options than to tear down a classic, centuries old building designed by one of the most prestigious firms in the history of architecture. For instance, why not use some of the $20 million to tear it down and build a parking garage, and use it to add to others efforts of increasing public transit.

The question should be, how do you bring more people downtown with less cars [[and so, less need for parking)?

[313WX]

You bring more people downtown with less cars by building places for them to live downtown and provinding them easy and affordable public transit. The central business district does not have a lot of places to live and poor public transit. Until that changes, buidings like this will continually be endangered.

Agreed.

And you can't really have one without the other. Mass transit requires a critical mass [[high density) to be "successful" and high density requires an environment that doesn't have to cater only to the automobile.