Old news articles about downtown plans

[MSUguy]

One of the interesting things you can do with goggle news is look back at newspaper archives. While most of the large newspapers are pay-per view, many of the smaller ones are not and they have a ton of AP and UPI articles on Detroit. Given that DY tend to be dominated by talk of downtown's past and future. I thought it's interesting to look articles that would've been posted in DY if existed in say the 1970's.

Particularly given the criticism of the city's redevelopment efforts at the time with ReCen and pedestrian plaza etc. What was surprising that even as soon as it opened others saw it as possibly being a mistake. Another thing were the amount bretty brazen crimes downtown I was aware Cobo Hall incident, but I was unware a mob of 1,500 looting downtown stores. Or that then governor has order extra freeway patrols to stop stranded motorist from getting robbed.



Detroit Police Tighten Security Aug 18, 1976

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...+detroit&hl=en

Detroit Unveils Riverfront Plan Nov 24, 1971
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...+detroit&hl=en


Bevy of Projects Aim at Downtown Revival
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...+detroit&hl=en

World Tallest Hotel Opens to Mixed Reviews in Detroit

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...+detroit&hl=en

Will Center Save Detroit? April 22, 1977

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...+detroit&hl=en


Mob Goes on Spree in Detroit-July 22 1972
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...+detroit&hl=en

Detroit Stadium Plans Fizzle- Feb 1, 1971
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...+detroit&hl=en


JL Hudson Weighs Closing Detroit Store July, 18, 1978
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...+detroit&hl=en


Tigers Sign Lease for New Domed Park Jan 13, 1972

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...+detroit&hl=en

Detroit Loses Boy Scout Convention Aug 30, 1976

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...it+crime&hl=en

Parents Tell of Warning to Slain Girl

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...+detroit&hl=en

Detroit Will Have Trolley Oct 22, 1973
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...+detroit&hl=en

State Police to Patrol Freeway in Detroit Aug 27, 1976
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...it+crime&hl=en


Parking Lot Given New Lease: Nouguchi Joins Detroiter Revelling in his Artistry
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...+detroit&hl=en

Detroit Renaciasance Center: Huge Investment or Just A Fortress

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...fortress&hl=en