New Tallest [Maybe] Building in Detroit to be built on Hudson's site

Color me surprised :o

The pessimist inside thinks this is the beginning of the end. The shorter building will be built, but the tower won't happen.

How this will play out over 4-5 years:
- reduced activity on site - check
- delays announced - check
- scope reduced - check
- additional delay
- recession, quicken profits tank
- project on hold
- gilbert runs into additional health problems
- project shelved
- project cancelled

As it should be.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...=wdiv_breaking

Yesterday I decided it was the day to renew my license and also get an enhanced version for air travel and border crossing.

I foolishly thought if I went there when they opened I could get in a shorter line. Wrong! The place was packed out to the windows. I decided to try the text-in-line option and found out that "only" 81 people were ahead of me. It seemed as if they were all nearly bursting out of the place!

My place in line got to #1 around 1pm, after which the process went smoothly.

I seem to recall some campaign promises of being in and out in 15 minutes. I guess that means texting in line and then arriving 15 minutes before you eventually get to #1 in line.

Back in the old days, there were many more SOS offices and I don't ever recall a 4-5 hour wait. I also thought about getting an appointment but the next available appointment is August 8th!

Maybe some creativity is needed to better serve the citizens of Michigan. No one looks forward to a trip to the SOS, but even text-in-line still put most of my day in flux as I tried to determine how much time until I made it to #1.

https://www.housingwire.com/articles...class-families

Rounding out the top 5 are Rochester (NY), Dayton, Buffalo and Pittsburgh, PA.

I like the pick.

First off, any concerns related to past picks such as Ebron, or 3 TEs in 10 years are silly. By that standard, we should have never drafted Calvin Johnson.

We carried 3 TEs last year whose skill sets were useless and predictable. A versatile TE that can block and catch needs to be accounted for on every play. Anything that makes a defense hesitate in the modern NFL is a good thing. If the goal is to emulate New England's offensive philosophy, a versatile and capable Tight End is a necessary tool. Look at our own defense...we're basically incapable of covering one. With one player we helped both the running and passing game.

This also exposes Quinn's ultimate philosophy of cheating the salary cap on the defensive side of the ball just like New England does. They also feature a lot of two TE sets when running the ball, which I bet we're going to try to do also.

Regardless of anyone's opinion of Stafford, any QB would struggle with last year's offensive line play and lack of tools in the passing game. This pick has the potential to address both areas of concern. He may not be Gronkowski, but he's a definite upgrade from the 3 staple foots with hands of stone we endured last year.

There's nothing really "wrong" with the Penobscot. I'm in there sometimes, and know some folks involved in ownership and leasing. It has a variety of tenants and is in reasonable shape. It isn't like ownership is running a flophouse or something.

Normal, thriving cities have a variety of building types serving a broad array of tenancies. Not every building downtown has to be a cube farm of mortgage-hawking 20-something bros from Shelby.