  Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man Post Number: 956 Registered: 05-2006 |
The Today show will broadcast from Detroit on Thursday, 09/25. It was mentioned on the show this morning. Not sure of the extent, if they'll be based in Detroit, or just a segment. Also found this about it in the Freep: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20080922/NEW S01/80922042&s=d&page=2#pluckc omments | ||
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man Post Number: 958 Registered: 05-2006 |
More info: http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20080923/ENT03/8 09230381 Anyone going with signs? | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 3487 Registered: 04-2006 |
Part of the crew will be broadcasting from Detroit, and the others will be at the studio in New York. The Today Show has been broadcasting from different battleground states this week. Monday they were in Philadelphia, today they were in Tampa, tomorrow Virginia and Thursday Detroit. | ||
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man Post Number: 964 Registered: 05-2006 |
Bump. Tomorrow morning! | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 1914 Registered: 04-2006 |
I am going I will be the guy with the AL ROKER SUX sign. Look for me on TV | ||
Tom_in_kc Member Username: Tom_in_kc Post Number: 9 Registered: 08-2008 |
You aren't the only one that thinks like that Planner. Roker is a joke and a racist. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 1365 Registered: 01-2006 |
I will be there as well. Orange shirt and a Tigers hat. Give me a shout if you see me! | ||
Jtf1972 Member Username: Jtf1972 Post Number: 29 Registered: 08-2008 |
Why not show some class, guys? Detroit could use a little bit of good imagery... | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 2150 Registered: 03-2006 |
i was going to bring a Fire Millen sign but.... | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 1917 Registered: 04-2006 |
Umm that was a joke. I don't know anything about the personal lives of these talking heads, nor do I care to. I just figured one way not to get on TV is to be waving a sign like that! | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 2323 Registered: 05-2005 |
i don't see too many people down there http://www.campusmartiuspark.o rg/webcam.htm | ||
Rrl Member Username: Rrl Post Number: 1020 Registered: 12-2003 |
Isn't the show generally over by 9am? Maybe why that webcam shot looks sparce. From the looks of the show on TV, there was a fairly good turn out this morning. I couldn't hang around and watch, had to get to work; did they do a piece on Detroit or MI? | ||
Swingline Member Username: Swingline Post Number: 1187 Registered: 11-2003 |
There were several hundred people at Campus Martius this morning for the Today Show thing. It may not have been Bryant Park-level activity, but things were pretty lively. Au Bon Pain sold a lot of coffee. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 3494 Registered: 04-2006 |
Al Roker said Detroit was the largest crowd they have had since they went on the road. | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 3627 Registered: 09-2007 |
Were people really expecting a huge turnout? On a good day, only 80,000 people fill the CBD, and they all had to work. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 5241 Registered: 06-2004 |
I missed the first 10 minutes of the show. Is that when they played Ken Cockrel Jr.'s pre-recorded piece? | ||
Det313grrl Member Username: Det313grrl Post Number: 336 Registered: 01-2005 |
Ya think maybe the reason they had the "largest" crowd is that so many people in Michigan are out of work... | ||
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man Post Number: 965 Registered: 05-2006 |
Webcam shot from shot from about 8:00 AM:  | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 3496 Registered: 04-2006 |
^That area is amazingly empty for 8am on a weekday morning. But you couldn't tell that if you were a viewer. There were some great shots of the surrounding buildings from the ground perspective. | ||
Hudkina Member Username: Hudkina Post Number: 304 Registered: 12-2004 |
How is it "amazing"? How many people would have been satisfactory for you? 1 million? 10 trillion? | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 3497 Registered: 04-2006 |
quote: Amazingly. As in nobody is there. As in that is the central business district in one of America's largest cities -- during the morning rush hour -- and if it weren't for the Today Show the streets would be completely empty. As in, that should probably be alarming to look at... | ||
Mrsjdaniels Member Username: Mrsjdaniels Post Number: 1425 Registered: 08-2005 |
can somebody tell me how Al Roker is a racist? I missed that? | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 5242 Registered: 06-2004 |
"during the morning rush hour -- and if it weren't for the Today Show the streets would be completely empty" The streets were closed to traffic during the show. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 3498 Registered: 04-2006 |
quote: Pedestrians too? | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 5243 Registered: 06-2004 |
The only pedestrians would be those going to the show. Everybody else would be at work or school. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 836 Registered: 09-2007 |
""can somebody tell me how Al Roker is a racist? I missed that?"" What's that all about? | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 3628 Registered: 09-2007 |
For Chuckjav... Tom_in_kc said quote: and Mrsjdaniels said quote: | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 3499 Registered: 04-2006 |
quote: So why don't I see hardly anyone walking in the central business district of one of America's largest cities at 8am on a weekday? | ||
Detroitpetanque Member Username: Detroitpetanque Post Number: 175 Registered: 09-2006 |
There were amazingly large crowds from 8:10 a.m. until 8:12 a.m. ...  | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 3629 Registered: 09-2007 |
Iheartthed, come on now, you should know the answer to that one. -There are no storefront shops or offices -People drive their car right to the entrance of their building (surface lots with street parking on Griswold). -Detroit's main employment base is in Oakland County. | ||
Youngprofessionaldetroiter Member Username: Youngprofessionaldetroiter Post Number: 392 Registered: 07-2008 |
^and no mass transit. Why walk when you can drive? | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 3631 Registered: 09-2007 |
^That too. | ||
Youngprofessionaldetroiter Member Username: Youngprofessionaldetroiter Post Number: 394 Registered: 07-2008 |
That said, Campus Martius did look beautiful. I'm not asking for a 1-year turnaround. I would be happy to see gradual improvement over the next 10 years, both in the employment numbers, reduction in crime, property valuations and general quality of life in both the CBD and the neighborhoods. It's easy to underestimate what you can do in 10 years...and if your starting point is $1 for 1,000 square foot house, odds are on Detroit's side. | ||
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle Post Number: 498 Registered: 10-2006 |
No traffic because they shut down the roundabout to vehicles. On an average day the area would be packed with cars. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 844 Registered: 09-2007 |
Detroitrise...thanks for the scoop. Al Roker: "a joke & a racist"; perhaps this indictment is in reference to the big guy's on-air remarks, made during a June, 2007 TODAY broadcast? |
