[statedude3]

Detroit looks amazing in the summer, but I cant wait for winter to return! I hate this warm weather.

[URBbum]

Brush and Adams in December



What happens on Brush and Adams in the summer

[Jasoncw]

I don't think I've ever payed attention to that view before.

[Lmichigan]

Just imagine that view if someone would put something up at the northwest and southeast corners of Adams and Witherell down the block. The whole area directly adjacent to the parks could really be something.

[wolverine]

Yeah the DTE building is quite prominent in that view.

[tapezord]

DIA along Woodward Avenue

[Allan]

[ZachariahDaMan]

[rbdetsport]

[ZachariahDaMan]

[URBbum]

Nothing spectacular just wanted to add some photos from my trip up. I also wandered into some historic districts, but they're just house photos from the curb.

Enjoy!

























This is inside the Book-Cadillac and where Mercedes will be for the NAIAS (so said the front desk). Lots of pounding and sliding - cars will actually be brought through the floor!

[ZachariahDaMan]

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

[Lmichigan]

Hey, next time someone's up in New Center, do they think they could get a picture of that thing Amtrak passes off as a station? You know, if it were up to me, I'd be demanding stimulus money just so that the city could build Amtrak a more suitable station, because they sure as hell won't. lol

[tapezord]

Lmichigan, on Mar 16 2009, 10:28 PM, said:

Hey, next time someone's up in New Center, do they think they could get a picture of that thing Amtrak passes off as a station? You know, if it were up to me, I'd be demanding stimulus money just so that the city could build Amtrak a more suitable station, because they sure as hell won't. lol

I did not see a station in the rail stimulus request document, but MDOT has been working on plans for a new station for sometime now.

I've seen the proposal and to be honest, the station looked woefully plain, even in comparison to the Taco Bell that they built on the north side of the tracks. With the regional plans moving forward, I would assume that they will get back to the drawing board to add additional tracks and platforms.

[Lmichigan]

Yes, I know that it's not mentioned in the stimulus plan, and I'd wish someone would get to Cockrel and bring this up to him. The New Center Council has been pushing the Detroit Intermodal Transit Station at the site for many years, now, but no takers. Amtrak isn't going to propose it; they never seem to propose station upgrades/reconstructions, so it's incumbent upon the city government to make this happen.

[ZachariahDaMan]

Corktown

[wolverine]

Lmichigan, on Mar 16 2009, 09:28 PM, said:

Hey, next time someone's up in New Center, do they think they could get a picture of that thing Amtrak passes off as a station? You know, if it were up to me, I'd be demanding stimulus money just so that the city could build Amtrak a more suitable station, because they sure as hell won't. lol

LMich. I've gotten off at the Detroit Amtrak station before. What joke. It's a mish mash of architectures. The inside has little shutters on the windows, and there are only two public toilets in the whole building. One for a woman, the other for a man. My visit was during the Superbowl when I took the wolverine commuter train in from Ann Arbor. Upon departing, all I heard was people ripping on how ridiculous the station was. When you look at New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Toronto, etc, Detroit's symbol of rail transportation is absolutely pathetic.

The U of M architecture program had a studio project last year that required students to level the existing station and build a new one that would also serve as an intermodal station to Detroit's proposed light rail.

[Allan]

Detroit's skyline from the Book Tower. Book Tower stands 38 stories (approximately 475 feet) tall and is the city's 9th tallest building. It provides one of the best skyline views in the city.

[ZachariahDaMan]

I finally checked out the Dequindre Cut Greenway...

[ZachariahDaMan]