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Gmich99
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 12:02 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Anyone have any recent pictures of the casino construction sites?
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Detroit_stylin
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 12:02 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Got one on the Architectural Irony thread...
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Andyguard73
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 12:40 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Gmich, They are on a two-month delay, but flybydon has some awesome aerial pics on his site.

http://www.aerialpics.com/B/ca sinos.html
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Lowell
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 12:44 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/5/86331.html?1162442525
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Flybydon
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 8:07 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Updated this morning, remember it's a two month delay.
http://www.aerialpics.com/B/casinos.html

Greek Town today
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Gmich99
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:20 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks for the pictures guys.
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Mikem
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:49 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

October 30th:

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Spiritofdetroit
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 11:48 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hmm, it looks like Motor City is coming along a little better than I had expected aesthetically. Some of the renderings were horrendous, but this isn't too bad.

Although I wish the building wasnt just simply a rectangular wall

Flybydon- why do all three casinos want you on a 2-month delay, and how did they come up with that time period??? thanks
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Bvos
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 11:51 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Mikem,

That's a pretty bizare pic: a huge casino with cranes seemingly coming up in the back yard of some simple housing. At least folks have something interesting to look at out the back window while they're building.
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Iheartthed
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 1:41 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Those houses will be gone in 5 years.
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Jdkeepsmiling
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 1:51 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Why do you say that IhearttheD? Do you think that there will be infill development, such as office building and hi-density residential? Do you think that there will be nothing, more urban prarie?? I see no reason those houses have to go.... Could you please clarify?
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Publicmsu
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 1:55 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Gotta make room for the shooting ranges and strip clubs! Viva DETROIT!
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Frenchman_in_the_d
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 1:56 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Jdkeepsmiling,

I thin Iheartthed is referring to a future parking structure that will spring up right there.
I wouldn't be surprised if it would really happen...
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Jdkeepsmiling
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 2:33 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Are those houses really that close to the casino? It looks to me like they might be further away then they initially appear.
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Toog05
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 2:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yes they are further that they appear in the picture, I think they are a decent distance away from all the activity
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Viziondetroit
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 2:48 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My kids go to Burton Int'l School which is like 3-4 blks away....which is in the same parking lot as you see in the Motorcity pic... those houses are rather close. Like I said they are like 3-4 blks from the site.
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Mikem
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 2:52 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The picture was taken from the intersection of the Fisher Fwy service drive and Trumbull. There are two streets between the houses and the casino:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q= Trumbull+St+%26+Fisher+Fwy+W,+ Detroit,+MI+48216&ie=UTF8&hl=e n&z=17&ll=42.335247,-83.068485 &spn=0.005663,0.010632&t=h&om= 1
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Viziondetroit
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 3:24 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here is my own lil map :-D

http://img.photobucket.com/alb ums/v378/goatrider357/map.jpg
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Mauser765
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 5:46 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Text description

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couple days ago
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Lmichigan
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 7:18 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm still confused as to how MGM and MotorCity will turn out as neither of their colors look like the renderings...yet. Are they going to coat the windows to give the MGM the golden/bronze sheen in the renderings, because it's about as blue-silver as you can get. And, where's all of the whacky/tacky extras for the MotorCity? I'm not complaining, but I'm surprised how much different these are turning out than the renderings, more so than most renderings come to life.
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Digitaldom
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:47 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well.. hopefully I am in the area this weekend.. And I will post some new pics.. I was in the area last weekend.. But I really had to go the bathroom...lol..

I will make an attempt this weekend to get good shots of all sites.. depending on how things play out.. My GF is very injured in the hospital.. long story...
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Andyguard73
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:59 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sorry to hear about that digitaldom, I hope he makes a full recovery.
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Digitaldom
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 11:13 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah it's bad situation.. she had her touncels removed.. (THEY RE GREW)... and they haven't been able to stop the bleeding it's been over almost 2 weeks now.. this is killing me really it is.. Well needless to say please pray for her...
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Digitaldom
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Yeah it's bad situation.. she had her touncels removed.. (THEY RE GREW)... and they haven't been able to stop the bleeding it's been over almost 2 weeks now.. this is killing me really it is.. Well needless to say please pray for her...
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Digitaldom
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Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 11:15 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah it's bad situation.. she had her touncels removed.. (THEY RE GREW)... and they haven't been able to stop the bleeding it's been over almost 2 weeks now.. this is killing me really it is.. Well needless to say please pray for her...
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Gistok
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Posted on Friday, November 03, 2006 - 3:37 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

We'll say a prayer for her Digitaldom.....
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1953
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Posted on Sunday, November 05, 2006 - 7:09 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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Digitaldom
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Posted on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 11:36 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Very cool!! Thanx.. been busy haven't had a chance to make the rounds..
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Lowell
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Posted on Thursday, November 09, 2006 - 7:31 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

New pics from this PM:

Motorcity Casino
motorcity casino

MGM flanked by Edison and Federal Buildings:
MGM Casino Detroit

Detroit Rises!
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Toog05
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Posted on Thursday, November 09, 2006 - 9:14 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Lowell, u have the captions mixed up, just wanted to let you know

[Got it toog05, thanks, Lowell]
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Tetsua
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I still can't believe how fast they threw these things up. It seems like they were just doing the prep work a couple weeks ago.
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Dtown1
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u know, thats the same thing I wondered about Ford Field and Comerica Park, but thats your modern day contractors and technology combined
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Llyn
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The casinos are somewhat unique even in modern day construction terms. The casinos are in such a rush to be the first to open that they do all kinds of crazy things. The stories I've heard from other contractors...

Does the outside of the MGM hotel look cheap to anyone besides me so far? I know it's not finished, and I have hope it will improve, but it looks like the outside of a large metal butler building at this point...
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Detroitplanner
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Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 11:47 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Llyn, go to Vegas or AC. Thats how they all look there too. These things get built fast and they change skins often.
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Lmichigan
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Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 6:16 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah, these hotel/casinos go up especially fast because they cut all kinds of corners, more so than in the average office or residential building, that's not even to mention how little the hotel part of these type of projects means to the whole project. They make almost all of their money off the casino.
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Detroitplanner
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I did not mean to sound like these are flimsly built things. The industry still remembers what happened at the old MGM Grand when the building caught on fire!
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Lmichigan
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Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 10:35 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

They still do, but, as with anything, they've found a way to do as little as possible to 'correct' the problem. Casino hotels are still some of the most flimsily built of high-rise structures from what I understand.
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Toog05
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Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 12:42 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I think the second edition of the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas was built in just over a year and thats a 40 story hotel.
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Detroit_stylin
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Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 11:00 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

*addition* Toog...

Unless they found a way to publish a building lol.
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Flybydon
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Posted on Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 7:56 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

New MGM, MotorCity & Windsor Casino images added today.

http://www.aerialpics.com/B/ca sinos.html
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Toog05
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Posted on Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 11:14 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Flybydon, y do u have the old greektown hotel picture on there?
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Flybydon
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Posted on Sunday, December 03, 2006 - 8:07 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Toog05:

It's the only one I have permission to use.
The GreekTown personal are slow responding to any requests

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