Building next to Bleu - stunning development!

[DetroitDad]

1520 Woodward is my dream to own [[and of course actually do something with)...sigh...

I dream of renting space from you!

What's stopping you? Maybe I'll see you at an Open City meeting, or the DY picnic on Memorial Day, and we can talk. Shoot me a message some time.

[dtowncitylover]

I dream of renting space from you!

What's stopping you? Maybe I'll see you at an Open City meeting, or the DY picnic on Memorial Day, and we can talk. Shoot me a message some time.

DetroitDad, I would own it and use it...lol so no room for you!

I have my own plan, which can be found at the "Share Your Dream Project" thread.

[Gistok]

Someone please tell me... how is this different from say..... putting awnings on the former Statler??

Granted, I'm in favor of this project... but this more trying to make it marketable... rather than an actual rehab.... so it's awning Deja Vu all over again!

[BrushStart]

Someone please tell me... how is this different from say..... putting awnings on the former Statler??

Granted, I'm in favor of this project... but this more trying to make it marketable... rather than an actual rehab.... so it's awning Deja Vu all over again!

I was walking down lower Woodward at around 11 PM last night.... ghost town- literally, nobody in sight in either direction- newspapers blowing in the wind like an old western movie. I think putting lights in some of these buildings to make it look like someone actually lives there is a good thing to do. Because despite being desolate, lower Woodward looked pretty good with all the lights on the trees and such. The city can be so eerie at night or early morning when there isn't another soul around. Being downtown sometimes feels like I am living in a time of life after people. My buddy who moved into one of the lofts over there says this: "It's not scary, but you walk out... and there's nobody... you have all of these really cool buildings, just... empty.... There's really something wrong with the psyche of people in Metro Detroit."

[canuck]

There are so many good quality buildings that it is really pick and choose for developers with the proper resources to promote these spaces. It will be interesting to see how downtown and midtown pick up when the streetrail develops and businesses happen on street level. Really when you think about it the quality of these sectors is very high as opposed to many boomtowns of the past 40 years, I believe the quality of life issues that make northern cities attractive will help Detroit come back when suburban folks with money start investing in condos etc...