  Digitaldom Member Username: Digitaldom Post Number: 443 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 24.192.148.150 |
Check these out.. I look these last Friday.. We took pictures all over downtown and DIA..         (Message edited by digitaldom on June 30, 2006) | ||
Digitaldom Member Username: Digitaldom Post Number: 444 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 24.192.148.150 |
More photos      | ||
Broken_main Member Username: Broken_main Post Number: 1138 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.222.11.226 |
Whats so funny? | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 3947 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 24.11.154.56 |
I love the photos you took of the Comerica parking lots, as if they are destinations. lol | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 542 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 69.246.10.173 |
lol @ Lmichigan | ||
Royce Member Username: Royce Post Number: 1674 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 75.9.244.48 |
That one that you took from the International Market Place in Greektown is interesting. The light fixture for a moment looked like a downtown building until I realized it was a reflection. | ||
Jjw Member Username: Jjw Post Number: 133 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 68.33.56.156 |
parking lots and no pedestrians... Are those two aspects related?? | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 752 Registered: 05-2004 Posted From: 68.40.119.216 |
Yeah. I noticed that to. Most of those photos make it seem like Detroit is a ghost town. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1392 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.122.57 |
So...are these the peripheral photos taken along with actual wedding photos? Where was the wedding? | ||
Digitaldom Member Username: Digitaldom Post Number: 445 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 24.192.148.150 |
It was at the Cathedral.. Most Blessed Scrament Cathedral.. For those Catholics out there know how important it is.. | ||
Digitaldom Member Username: Digitaldom Post Number: 447 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 24.192.148.150 |
Yeah parking lots lol.. Yeah it's not the international market place.. It was the Athenium top floor that was taken from.. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 1819 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 70.233.3.121 |
MBS Cathedral is beautiful, great wedding venue for certain. Was the reception at Comerica Park, with the wedding party staying at the Athenium? If so, I just went to a downtown wedding which had the same venues. Paulmcall is right to a certain extent. In my last few trips downtown, including today, when the parking lots are basically empty (especially around Gratiot/the Stadia with nothing in the courthouse, no games, and apparantly not much going on in the entertainment venues during the afternoon) you really get an empty feeling while downtown. Now, in terms of pedestrians, there were still a decent amount of people walking around considering it was just after noon on a Sunday and drizzling outside. If you walk around most cities' CBDs on a weekend afternoon, it is normally really quiet. Most people are in areas with entertainment, special events, and parks. Detroit draws people to Campus Martius, and will be drawing a lot more to the waterfront over the coming years, even without major events going on, which was illustrated to me today. Now, at night, downtown is suprisingly busy, including Saturday and Sunday nights. There are always things with large crowds at the State Theatre, St. Andrew's, smaller venues, and often something going on at the Opera House and/or Music Hall. Then there is Greektown. The only place that truly shuts down in terms of pedestrians for most/all of the weekend is Congress/Fort Streets in the financial district, and there is nothing out of the ordinary there. But even here, there is a lounge/bar/club or two that keeps things active. The opening of two four star hotels in this part of town should liven things up a bit... So, we can't fool ourselves into thinking that downtown is as vibrant and dense as it should be, but I just want to make the point that many downtowns are very quiet on weekends during the daytime. In addition, I just want to highlight the fact that even when not much is going on down there, you still see a decent amount of folks walking around--all sorts of diverse people, visitors includes (often taking photos or walking around the stadia district like I saw today), so just imagine what it will be like when Merchants Row is codified with retailers in every shop window, and when we get some shopping destinations downtown that are open 7 days a week. For the time being, the key is getting special events so that something that draws big numbers is always going on downtown...the people in the hospitality industry/chamber of commerce definitly seem to be focused on that, why else would hotels be re-opening? | ||
Digitaldom Member Username: Digitaldom Post Number: 448 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 24.192.148.150 |
No it was at the Athenium as well.. Top floor.. Top 2 floors actually.. |
