No Hudson's but Shopping is Back Downtown

**laphoque** · January-29-11, 10:25 PM

Not right downtown but Natural Dry Goods on Trumbull @ Howard has that stuff. For hardware you could go to Busy Bee in Eastern Market or there's one on Second St.

Downtown I don't think will ever have those things. I think they're trying to be more boutique than utility belt.

There's some men's clothing boutiques right off broadway that are cool too. They're real small but they have some nice things.

**stasu1213** · January-30-11, 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by laphoque

Not right downtown but Natural Dry Goods on Trumbull @ Howard has that stuff. For hardware you could go to Busy Bee in Eastern Market or there's one on Second St.

Downtown I don't think will ever have those things. I think they're trying to be more boutique than utility belt.

There's some men's clothing boutiques right off broadway that are cool too. They're real small but they have some nice things.

Detroiters should have a mindset of a tourist. If I just flew into town and is staying at the Westin Book Cadillac, Best Western, Greektown Hotel, or the others in the surrounding area, I want to walk to a place nearby in the downtown area on woodward, Broadway, Washington Blvd, or nearby streets for CASUAL CLOTHING. I don't want to walk through deserted areas to the dry goods store which is on Trumbull to buy it. I wouldn't know where I am going. Harmomy Park is nowhere from Russell and Gratioit. It is quite a way if you are staying on Washington Blvd. You don't need a big box store to sell these items.

**laphoque** · January-30-11, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by stasu1213

Detroiters should have a mindset of a tourist. If I just flew into town and is staying at the Westin Book Cadillac, Best Western, Greektown Hotel, or the others in the surrounding area, I want to walk to a place nearby in the downtown area on woodward, Broadway, Washington Blvd, or nearby streets for CASUAL CLOTHING. I don't want to walk through deserted areas to the dry goods store which is on Trumbull to buy it. I wouldn't know where I am going. Harmomy Park is nowhere from Russell and Gratioit. It is quite a way if you are staying on Washington Blvd. You don't need a big box store to sell these items.

Dry Goods is only a mile from Campus Martius, and the buildings along Fort St or Lafayette are pretty well kept up. If you are a tourist I'd suggest you contemplate the effects of sprawl made possible by the industries of the city. Look at the grandeur of the buildings made when Detroit was expanding within the city limits. Fort St & LaFayette are not deserted during business hours. If you take Lafayette St you could stop at John K. King's book store too. Heaven in the city. There's even new construction on LaFayette. Albeit some kind of MDot building but hey.

I'd also like to point out that one reason the train station was built at 14th St instead of the central business district was because they expected downtown to extend to it. And I'd consider Corktown to be part of Downtown—at least as much as LaFayette Park is.

**erikd** · January-30-11, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by stasu1213

Detroiters should have a mindset of a tourist. If I just flew into town and is staying at the Westin Book Cadillac, Best Western, Greektown Hotel, or the others in the surrounding area, I want to walk to a place nearby in the downtown area on woodward, Broadway, Washington Blvd, or nearby streets for CASUAL CLOTHING. I don't want to walk through deserted areas to the dry goods store which is on Trumbull to buy it. I wouldn't know where I am going. Harmomy Park is nowhere from Russell and Gratioit. It is quite a way if you are staying on Washington Blvd. You don't need a big box store to sell these items.

If you are a tourist staying downtown, you don't have to go to National Dry Goods for socks and underwear. You can buy that stuff at Jos A Bank in the RenCen. It might cost a little more than National Dry Goods, but I would assume that you didn't fly to Detroit to stock up on cheap boxer shorts. I would also assume that a tourist would not need to go to the hardware store while visiting Detroit. Perhaps I am underestimating the need for tourists to conveniently purchase bolts and plumbing supplies, but I tend to think that tourists would be more interested in our theaters, museums, casinos, restaurants and bars.

**DetroitPlanner** · January-31-11, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by laphoque

Not right downtown but Natural Dry Goods on Trumbull @ Howard has that stuff. For hardware you could go to Busy Bee in Eastern Market or there's one on Second St.

Downtown I don't think will ever have those things. I think they're trying to be more boutique than utility belt.

There's some men's clothing boutiques right off broadway that are cool too. They're real small but they have some nice things.

Thats National Dry Goods,,, and ya beat me to it darn-it!

**stasu1213** · January-31-11, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner

Thats National Dry Goods,,, and ya beat me to it darn-it!

All jokes aside. Those little boutiques sell t shirt with crazy designs or sayings on them that I have no interest in purchasing. It is for the very young and trendy

**BrushStart** · January-31-11, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by stasu1213

All jokes aside. Those little boutiques sell t shirt with crazy designs or sayings on them that I have no interest in purchasing. It is for the very young and trendy

I dig these types of places. No offense to your tastes or anything, but I'd like to see dozens more of similar boutiques downtown. They always have something interesting. When I need socks and V-necks, I just go to K-Mart.