I'm for more pedestrian friendly avenues but the stripmalls from downtown to Alter are not going away. There should be a plan to put better stores in those places. Why not have higher end stores that will draw out the the Lafayette Park residents especially those from the DuCharme condos and the ones being built south of Jefferson. One thing unique about Detroit is that it has avenues that could be more walkable such as Woodward, Michigan, Gratiot[[Eastern Market area), and parts of Grand River. Detroit ale have drivable avenues such as Jefferson which from downtown to Newport could be for scenic drive or bicycling lines with quality retail and not with furniture stores that sell hub caps an grocery stores that sell outdated produce