Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man
Post Number: 617 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 199.178.193.5
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 7:31 pm: | |
I did visit the as-yet unnamed replacement for the "Athens Bar" on Monroe St. in Greektown. I've got two words for this place: Sweet and Sweeter........very nice....will be kind of an upscale sports bar....Modern Looking, wood-covered walls, nice granite bar.....should be a cool place to watch a game or just relax with friends......anyone else with development updates? |
Erikd Member Username: Erikd
Post Number: 479 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.242.214.106
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 3:36 am: | |
The CVS on Woodward is almost done. (YAY CVS!) The walls are painted, the carpet is in, and they are starting to put in the displays. It won't surprise me if they are open next week. The building at 35 Grand River (behind Merchants Row) is getting a new storefront. The workers were starting to build a new facade today. There are few new stores going into the Merchant's Apparrel building, one in the former Manhood space, and a Detroit-themed shop in one of the small storefronts. There is much more going on, but most of it has been covered in recent threads. Development-atcha! |
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 432 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.42.176.123
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 8:17 am: | |
THE FINAL DRIVE: Detroit has just a few more weeks to put the finishing touches on its downtown renovations for the Super Bowl http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=2005601030375 My question is where will the city focus its downtown redevelopment projects next? How long will it wait before tackling downtown sections of corridors such as Michigan Ave., Grand River Ave., Fort St., Griswold, East Jefferson along the Riverfront area? What is the next move(s)? How will any plans for mass transit connecting Detroit and Ann Arbor play into it? |
Aiw
Member Username: Aiw
Post Number: 5200 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 209.216.150.127
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 10:17 am: | |
I think Erikd might have some pictures of the CVS too if you ask... |
Crew Member Username: Crew
Post Number: 780 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 146.9.52.19
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 10:39 am: | |
I can't wait to check out the trademark CVS carpet squares! Those things are NICE! |
Caseyc Member Username: Caseyc
Post Number: 568 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 206.18.111.5
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 10:59 am: | |
It's somewhat telling that the opening of a CVS, which dot other major cities' downtowns like pigeons, is cause for celebration....nevertheless, its definitely a very good thing, certainly for residents and workers downtown, and...also....for the whole Stupor Bowl "image" issue. The absence of a downtown drug store would have been difficult to explain to a visiting media hack looking for a quick CVS/Walgreen stop. |
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026
Post Number: 319 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 71.10.63.140
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 12:30 pm: | |
The map attached to the Freep Press page is nice. It shows many projects which will be completed AFTER the Super Bowl, which so many ppl feared wouldnt happen. Also, it mentions the direction aids, which I thought maybe had been cancelled, since orignally they were supposed to be done by Dec. 1. However, before there were going to be about a dozen "decorative kiosk poles" and now it is 30 "map and info features"... |
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 97 Registered: 04-2004 Posted From: 24.231.201.120
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 12:43 pm: | |
I'm glad the "What never may get done" section isn't too long. Poor Whitney building. |
Merchantgander Member Username: Merchantgander
Post Number: 1428 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 150.198.164.127
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 12:52 pm: | |
I still have hope that the Whitney building may get done in the next 5 years. It is in to good of a location to never be developed into something. |
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026
Post Number: 323 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 71.10.63.140
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 12:53 pm: | |
And the building is structurally fine, probably in the best shape of the ruins. Maybe the updating that has been going on on the ground floor will spur some renovation |
Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man
Post Number: 618 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 199.178.193.5
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 1:38 pm: | |
They have a short steel structure (guaranteed to be the base of the directional signs) imbedded into the sidewalk at the corner of Monroe and Beaubian. Have no idea what the signs will say, however. |
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026
Post Number: 325 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 71.10.63.140
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 1:59 pm: | |
neat. How big is it?? |
Crew Member Username: Crew
Post Number: 782 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 146.9.52.19
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 4:33 pm: | |
we'll let Manrooter answer that question. |
Bob Member Username: Bob
Post Number: 725 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 205.188.116.201
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 4:37 pm: | |
One would assume that the owners of the Whitney Building will eventually do something with it. They sunk money into it a few years back on the roof and waterproofing the outside, and there is security on the inside. |
Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man
Post Number: 619 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 199.178.193.5
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 5:11 pm: | |
The structure itself is about 2.5 feet wide and about 3 feet tall. Sorry I don't have a shoe phone, or I would take a picture......It definitely seems that something goes on top of it.....Let Manrooter take a stab at that one. |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 6341 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.159.19
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 5:13 pm: | |
quote:Let Manrooter take a stab at that one.
As said in Office Space, "Watch your corhole" |
Eric Member Username: Eric
Post Number: 272 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 69.136.144.196
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 12:08 am: | |
The Park Apts on Adams now has scaffolding up I assume for facade work. Anything will be better than that gray 60's shit they have on there now Looks like they're(boydell IIRC) working again on those half-finished loft projects in Capitol Park one of them next door to 35 Gd River |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 2941 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 12:39 am: | |
Eric, are you talking about the base of the Park Apartments? Everything else on the facade seems to be intact. |
Eric Member Username: Eric
Post Number: 273 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 69.136.144.196
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 3:48 am: | |
Yeah, the base is covered in scaffolding so I assume that is what they're gonna replace |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 2944 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 4:45 am: | |
Great! They need to strip that whole, ugly white panel off the front. I wonder what's beneath? I have never seen any old photos of that building. |