Quote Originally Posted by casscorridor View Post
More pieces of urban fabric likely to be destroyed, therefore decreasing the urban vitality of a city that is more and more resembling a suburb... parking lots, massive blocks, gigantic fortress-like developments, etc. This has to stop. A city needs its small buildings, like I just mentioned in another thread. Without them, the city is no longer a city, but rather a disparate collection of landmarks. And without residents, who exactly will patron the supposedly-proposed retail developments beyond game-day/show-night?

Not to mention the displacement of low-income residents... could gentrification be any more clear? Or can this even be called gentrification if all that is taking their place is parking lots and sports stadiums? Do we need another name for this type of gentrification?
Yea because the area was just so vibrant and had such great urban fabric. We all know the city of Detroit lacks low income housing.