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Hi all, been a long time. I have been largely absent from the site minus the occasional deep dive on certain news. I have lived in greater NY for several years now. At this point, I am considering...

1. Second Whole Foods announced by year-end, this one downtown on Monroe Block development.
2. GM-related holdings sell notable swaths of riverfront land to Gilbert-related holdings in first half...

Since winter 2004-2005 when I was at WSU, the Super Bowl planning was all the rage, and we didn't know Dan Gilbert would ever be a developer here.

Not posting more than once a month here, but...

That's just provincial and basic. I agree with EGrant. The DIA isn't filled with art made by Detroiters only. Perhaps some, thank goodness, but I am not sure the city and its elite should limit...

The only credit I give to the developers is that they are thinking outside the box and see their developable land as something interesting, diverse, and not white-bread par for the course.

Still,...

While it is a bit obnoxious after these many decades of wasted time to see the Illitches now sitting as mere middleman/slumlords who are going to be flipping their properties to other developers...

708,000
77% black, 16% white, 3% hispanic, 4% other
Downtown, midtown, north end, new center, east riverfront, Gold Coast, corktown, West Village, Woodbridge, Mexicantown, Lafayette Park, Eastern...

So tired of looking at parked cars and chain link fence on the Monroe Block. It really is an unacceptable land use and a blight that holds back what is otherwise a gem and centerpoint of the city...

Definitely sub-par but at this point we need to cut our losses and activate that enormous block. The linkage from Washington Blvd. into Foxtown, in terms of retail and street life, is much needed--...

You mean blockading the street on the Detroit border?

Haha, i'm still not over that...

As to this Starbucks, which incidently is up the street from where I grew up-- mixed thoughts. Not...

Promising- that is a stretch of Jefferson that could use density to foster the urban/walkable linkage from Gold Coast/W. Village into E. Riverfront.

Would be cool to see a Big Boys open up...

We'll see what type of finishing touches and landscaping they do to make this complete. I like the Atwater street side with the minimal setback. Riopelle has an awkwardly huge setback. The gated...

With all due respect to their legitimate and grassroots startup fandom, they need to grow the fuck up and get behind a pro team, having their say in same and ensuring that Detroit has an especially...

This is all probably quite right, but let's not forget that Detroit's voting equipment surely is not appropriately funded by state and federal sources as it ought.

I don't understand the election...

And only the image. I'm not sure the seniors [[or anyone) were utilizing the ground-level alley space for anything productive.

No need to scoff at the mere existence of such a venue. Now, if turns out to be not that good-- if they do not execute and deliver on the price and the hype-- then they are clowns and should be run...

Big fan of the conceptual shape, size, and materials. 1953 as much as I wish we had what was there before, the shape and size of this is in many ways a postmodern reinterpretation of what was there...

I'd be thrilled with a building that resembles that rendering, and doubly thrilled if the Pochelon is redeveloped.

Great info. It can't be in such bad shape, then. The corner building certainly has significance but from a design standpoint it isn't the biggest contributor. The Pochelon Building is a gem and...

The Free Press article references a rendering but does not show it.

They must have received it confidentially, pending today's mtg. I am sure it will be released after 3pm today.

Very...

What are the highest priorities for an entity that exists only to profit off of entertainment while leveraging public funds?

What are the highest priorities for an entity that profits from...

Newsflash: South has always been a stronger school than North.

Increasing diversity is a newer thing [[i.e. last 5-8 years) to North than it is to South, and South may be better harnessing the...

Gilbert was not a Detroit landowner in the late 80s. He was still a very young man building his main business then. Apples and oranges. If the shoe fits...

What you call merely "buying low"...

Lowell, Key Foods is as basic as it gets, lower than Kroger for sure. Trader Joe's is a discounter. It has a good reputation [[among some) but it is definitely not a high-end grocer, nor does it try...

What a strange comment.

Downtown Brooklyn is dotted with Key Foods and a Trader Joes, as well as large local market Brooklyn Fare.

Downtown Manhattan, two blocks from the World Trade Center,...