  Mountainman Member Username: Mountainman Post Number: 80 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 153.90.110.12 |
Check this out. Some aeriel footage of Detroit pre-Copa and Ford Field. http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=-2350120176299301928 &q=detroit | ||
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026 Post Number: 932 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 24.231.189.137 |
great, thanks! Wow,this really shows how things have changed | ||
Mountainman Member Username: Mountainman Post Number: 81 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 153.90.110.12 |
For all those Detroit ex-pats. Here's some clips from the people mover http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=-1391406345496197491 &q=detroit http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=-1596447575661536636 &q=detroit Ren Cen: http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=-2924790728160942275 &q=detroit Compuware: http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=-4982815894837279818 &q=detroit View of the River: http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=-5954772860717299267 &q=detroit Grand Circus: http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=-8389867033377843204 &q=detroit A missing hotel: http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=5816655341717642721& q=detroit | ||
Mountainman Member Username: Mountainman Post Number: 82 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 153.90.110.12 |
Here's more: looking back at YMCA and new parking garage: http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=4375319263492322699& q=detroit | ||
Mountainman Member Username: Mountainman Post Number: 83 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 153.90.110.12 |
Heidelberg Project: http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=-8666895914847072477 &q=detroit | ||
Eric Member Username: Eric Post Number: 492 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 35.11.210.161 |
That aerial footage is amazing. | ||
Livedog2 Member Username: Livedog2 Post Number: 426 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.223.133.177 |
It looks like Berlin after the war! Livedog2 | ||
220hendrie1910 Member Username: 220hendrie1910 Post Number: 26 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 209.217.124.27 |
That was 1997. Do you think there'd be fighter jets scrambling if someone were to fly a small plane in tight circles over Comerica Park in 2006? Watching for black helicopters in Ottawa. | ||
Rrl Member Username: Rrl Post Number: 532 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 209.181.212.60 |
Wow, from that video, you really get a sense for how gigantic the Hudson's building was (around the 4-minute mark). Too bad it's not a better res film, interesting to see how things have changed. Also amazing to see the sheer number of surface lots. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 1756 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.221.95.23 |
Hudson's was a giant. If only we had it now...it would be begging for the mixed use lofts/offices/retail of our dreams. The video emphasizes how many parking lots Detroit has. | ||
Hysteria Member Username: Hysteria Post Number: 450 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 216.223.168.132 |
For sure, Mackinaw. A reformatted Hudson's could have competed with the Book Cadillac (hopefully) for the most exclusive address in the CBD. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 4304 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 198.111.165.50 |
Detroit in 1997 had over 1,020,000 people. It was 79% black, 18% White, 4.8% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Other. Dennis Archer was mayor and development plans were on the way. |
