New Rendering of the New Detroit Police Fire Headquarters

**gthomas** · May-31-12, 12:41 PM

http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2...mgm-casino.php

**Detroitnerd** · May-31-12, 12:47 PM

Let them eat campuses.

**Gistok** · May-31-12, 12:56 PM

"Glassy and classy".... those are not exactly the words I would have used... more like "easy and cheesy"... random window placement, lots of metal [[that will supposedly never rust)... gee that's a modernist novelty....

So they are ripping out the $250 million MGM upgrade and giving it a $60 million economy special...

**Scottathew** · May-31-12, 01:32 PM

I'd much rather see them move the jobs to the heart of downtown into a building that's part of a streetwall and continue to build off the momentum that's going.

I.
Hate.
Campuses.

**Detroitnerd** · May-31-12, 02:18 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2PyeXRwhCE

**DetroitPlanner** · May-31-12, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by Gistok

"Glassy and classy".... those are not exactly the words I would have used... more like "easy and cheesy"... random window placement, lots of metal [[that will supposedly never rust)... gee that's a modernist novelty....

So they are ripping out the $250 million MGM upgrade and giving it a $60 million economy special...

At least it looks better than the old IRS building. I am having a hard time seeing the building in the rendering being the same building that is there now. Maybe if they had a before pic I could understand it better.

**Gistok** · May-31-12, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner

At least it looks better than the old IRS building. I am having a hard time seeing the building in the rendering being the same building that is there now. Maybe if they had a before pic I could understand it better.

I have to agree with you on both counts... the IRS Building was hideous... and it's hard to tell any comparison with the current MGM Building.

superduperman · May-31-12, 03:56 PM

I think it would have made a great retail establishment with restaurants and a movie theater perhaps. It was already setup with parking and the inside infrastructure wouldn't have needed much remodeling[[I'm guessing)