tkelly, if I understand you correctly I think that is exactly what is being planned for the Atwater side of Cobo, exterior walls will be replaced with glass facades and an atrium opening to the riverfront will be created where some ballroom space currently exists. Here is the video again, it shows a pretty good graphic about the focus on the waterfront in the future Cobo as opposed to the current window views that are so-so. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmemuWq1IeU
It looks like it will be very impressive when done and will be similar to the RenCen's Winter garden space, another project that was done to focus attention on the riverfront rather than just backing up buildings to that side and using the riverfront for loading docks, etc.
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