The
elegant and richly appointed Lee Plaza on West Grand Boulevard
awaits the wrecking ball.
Lee
Plaza
Grande
Grand Detroit. The word grand[e] appears prominently in Detroit.
Perhaps it lingers from our French days and in name city.
Perhaps it is a remnant of eras flush with confidence.
The
northern end of the downtown is capped by Grand Circus park,
a two block half moon park. One of our great radial avenues
is Grand River, an old native American trail that extends to
Lansing. About four mile from its origin it intersects with
Grand Boulevard, a great broad avenue that U wraps around old
Detroit from the Belle Isle Bridge to the Ambassador Bridge.
The
irony occurs, of course, when something once elevated to grandness
descends into ignominy. With this as a cue, let's visit the
area where Grand River Avenue flows across Grand Boulevard.
