Does anyone remember the year that all of the streets around the McNamara Federal Building were cordoned off creating a dead zone? You've got 1st and Howard closed off immediately around the building so that Howard doesn't meet Cass and 1st doesn't meet Michigan. Abbot doesn't fully reach 1st, and then 1st south of Howard is closed off nearly halfway down the block.

It really f%cks up auto and pedestrian circulation in the area, and makes sure nothing ever develops around it. Honestly, in most cities, they'd just have the existing bollards around the fed buildings. Kind of fascinating that WDIV is kind of right in the middle of this weird black hole.