Nice Roundup of Current and Future Midtown Development

[gthomas]

"The more businesses open, the more people outside, the safer the area will appear and therefore bring even more people to the area. The midtown greenway will help with this too, adding better lighting, benches, drinking fountains, etc. that will make the area generally more welcoming."


It's that simple! Now make it happen and watch how it works...

[Pcm]

"$1.2 million conversion of Second Avenue between I-94 and West Grand Boulevard and Third Avenue between Warren and Ledyard to two-way streets. Completion expected by fall. Developer: Midtown Detroit Inc."

This is long overdue. Second Ave around Tech Town is a one-way with street with a median! For anyone who have not driven this stretch, it's bizarre.

I also agree that Second and Third south of Warren deserve to be turned into two-way streets. It's a lay person's hypothesis that 4-lane one-way streets produce less traffic for businesses. I live nearby and never see any amount of traffic that would necessitate four lanes of single direction traffic.

For what it's worth, I also think Forest Ave between Grand River and John R ought to be a two-way...

[innercitydoc]

Wow I'm actually excited about the Agave space. I hadden't even heard of any plans but I think the apartments are a great idea. Agave was a great place but had too much space to be sustainable IMO

[Flintoid]

This area really is leaps and bounds ahead of where it was even 5 to 6 years ago. Its so exciting to imagine where it will be in another 5 years [[accompanied by all of the downtown developments, corktown's booming restaurant scene, redevelopment in Eastern Market, along with the myriad of other neighborhoods seeing redevelopment). It sure is exciting times!

[DetroiterOnTheWestCoast]

Wow I'm actually excited about the Agave space. I hadden't even heard of any plans but I think the apartments are a great idea. Agave was a great place but had too much space to be sustainable IMO

I totally agree. On the one hand a few second floor apartments is kind of a minor thing, but getting the lights on in the second floor and some additional housing is great! And it all adds up.

[Brian1979]

"$1.2 million conversion of Second Avenue between I-94 and West Grand Boulevard and Third Avenue between Warren and Ledyard to two-way streets. Completion expected by fall. Developer: Midtown Detroit Inc."

This is long overdue. Second Ave around Tech Town is a one-way with street with a median! For anyone who have not driven this stretch, it's bizarre.

I also agree that Second and Third south of Warren deserve to be turned into two-way streets. It's a lay person's hypothesis that 4-lane one-way streets produce less traffic for businesses. I live nearby and never see any amount of traffic that would necessitate four lanes of single direction traffic.

For what it's worth, I also think Forest Ave between Grand River and John R ought to be a two-way...

I always thought that Second Street with that median and single direction traffic wasn't right, it was weird to see a boulevard with both sides having traffic go in the same direction. If you want to see a confusing mess of one way streets downtown Chicago has got to top that list.