Why The Hudson, Lafayette, and Statler Blocks Will NEVER Be Developed

[DetroitDad]

Say it ain't so...

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Above and below photo from Buildings of Detroit.

Although, I really wasn't talking about the areas touching Grand Circus Park or Campus Martius Park. Generally, you start small and build demand for your larger buildings. That photo above turned into this, eventually.

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Of course, now all the smaller building's spaces that are waiting for monumental buildings have been replaced with monumental parking lots.



Above photo from the Frequency 13 Blog. That is of course the parking lot where those buildings once stood.

I mean, do you seriously think we are suddenly going to find large scale developers for all these city owned blocks? I think those days are over, probably for good, or at least a very long time.