  Sc00by9999 Member Username: Sc00by9999 Post Number: 6 Registered: 11-2006 |
anyone have any new river walk pictures? | ||
Chow Member Username: Chow Post Number: 324 Registered: 10-2003 |
This title is deceiving. | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 912 Registered: 01-2004 |
And I was all ready to look at some brand new riverwalk photos | ||
Dan Member Username: Dan Post Number: 1319 Registered: 10-2003 |
BOOOOOOOOOO | ||
Bussey Member Username: Bussey Post Number: 366 Registered: 12-2003 |
  Oh wait you meant Detroit right? My bad. | ||
Pistonian_revolution Member Username: Pistonian_revolution Post Number: 44 Registered: 05-2006 |
now those are some nice riverwalk pictures! how about San antonio? | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3120 Registered: 08-2004 |
Bussey, is that 2nd pic the Regnitz River in Bamberg Germany? | ||
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies Post Number: 2329 Registered: 10-2003 |
How about a question mark? Can I buy a question mark? ?????? | ||
Bussey Member Username: Bussey Post Number: 367 Registered: 12-2003 |
Damn, you are good. We drove through there on our way back to Frankfurt from Berlin. It amazing how helpful GPS Navigation Systems can be!     | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 10893 Registered: 10-2003 |
How in the hell did somebody graffiti that building in the third picture up? They must be quite the acrobat! | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 913 Registered: 01-2004 |
Gotta love the way the narrow streets look. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3122 Registered: 08-2004 |
Nice pics Bussey! I especially love the Bamberg City Hall which is on an island unto itself, separating the Bishops part of town to the west, and the Merchants part of town to the east. I was born 38 miles north of Bamberg in Coburg, and have visited Bamberg about a dozen times in the last 30 years. Ironically before Pope Benedict XVI, the last German Pope was Clement II, the former Bishop of Bamberg (Pope 1046-47). His tomb is in the Romanesque/Gothic Cathedral of Bamberg (only Papal tomb north of the Alps), along with St. Henry (Holy Roman Emperor Henry II) and his wife St. Kunigunde (Holy Roman Empress). And to give it some LOCAL connectivity... that is the Kunigunde whose name is on a Catholic Church in Sterling Heights. Bamberg, a city of 70,000 founded in 973 AD was the largest city in Germany to survive WWII without damage. | ||
Bussey Member Username: Bussey Post Number: 369 Registered: 12-2003 |
and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hence why it popped up in my itinerary. Oh yeah and they had a great offering of SMOKED BEER! | ||
The_nerd Member Username: The_nerd Post Number: 326 Registered: 12-2003 |
Is this the plan for the Connor Creek restoration? Clearly, it's faux urbanism (new suburbanism) because it lacks real urban qualities - grit and homeless people. Hell, where are all this black people? Is this an attempt at racist gentrification? Indeed, I'd rather they build Fountain Walk in the heart of Campus Martius than this crap. [/sarcasm] ;) | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 4258 Registered: 10-2003 |
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Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 920 Registered: 01-2004 |
Is this stretch of the walk available to be explored yet? | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 4259 Registered: 10-2003 |
Not quite, View is from the Belle Isle Bridge looking into Gabriel Richard Park. | ||
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313 Post Number: 252 Registered: 02-2006 |
Slowly but surely the river is coming alone.313 | ||
Manrooter Member Username: Manrooter Post Number: 441 Registered: 11-2003 |
Slowly but surely the river is coming alone. Maybe it should try the Yahoo personals. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4756 Registered: 10-2003 |
I hear the river likes quiet walks along the beach.  | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 2114 Registered: 12-2004 |
More recent photos of the Riverfront, at least those portions of it that are available for exploration, are at http://flickr.com/photos/fneme cek/sets/72157594391573749/ And a related blog posting is at http://nemecek.blogspot.com/20 06/11/foggy-day-after-thanksgi ving.html | ||
Ray Member Username: Ray Post Number: 828 Registered: 06-2004 |
God bless the people who put this together. | ||
Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000 Post Number: 146 Registered: 06-2005 |
I was riding around the Riverwalk on Thursday and was pretty surprised with the amount of progress being made. There's a huge stretch that looks nearly complete running from Mt. Elliot Park past the Coast Guard, through Harbortown, the Omni and nearly to Chene Park. There's also a shorter extension going upstream from the Ren Cen. The missing pieces are the Uniroyal site and the land downstream from Tri-Centennial. The last I heard, the latter is held up due to lease negotiations. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1075 Registered: 12-2005 |
I noticed what looks like a security camera in one of Frank's photos. Are there any plans to mount publically-accessible webcams along there? That would go a long way toward improving Detroit's image! | ||
Ramcharger Member Username: Ramcharger Post Number: 138 Registered: 05-2006 |
Speaking of security cameras, has anyone else noticed the abundance of cameras in Hart Plaza?     Were these installed in response to the Freedom Festival shooting a couple of years ago? | ||
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog Post Number: 853 Registered: 03-2006 |
Woah. Never noticed them Ramcharger. Make you wonder... | ||
Chris_rohn Member Username: Chris_rohn Post Number: 262 Registered: 04-2005 |
I would assume so. I noticed those cameras during the DEMF this year. | ||
Llyn Member Username: Llyn Post Number: 1736 Registered: 06-2004 |
...and I know I picked my nose right in front of one of them. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4764 Registered: 10-2003 |
Cities all around the world are doing this in public squares. Chicago, in fact, is on an aggressive push to monitor all of the large public places. Even London, infamously famous for its surveillance, is going on another push for more monitoring. I'm sure the shootings helped, but I have a feeling Detroit was going to do this regardless. It's a game more and more cities are getting on. I do wonder who's watching, though? They obviously have this contracted out to someone, and I'd be interested to know how many people and how long they watch. | ||
Mind_field Member Username: Mind_field Post Number: 651 Registered: 10-2003 |
Detroit needs much, much more public surveillance. Criminals are far too bold in this city. | ||
Skipp Member Username: Skipp Post Number: 105 Registered: 06-2005 |
Those cameras are for homeland security. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4766 Registered: 10-2003 |
Thanks, Skipp. It definitely makes sense. | ||
Ramcharger Member Username: Ramcharger Post Number: 140 Registered: 05-2006 |
Yeah, cause Hart Plaza is such a highly sensitive and strategically important area, lol. Seriously though, I’m all for security cameras, the more the better. But as Jimaz suggested, it would be cool if some of these images were available online. Then we all could keep an eye on what’s going on downtown. | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 2120 Registered: 12-2004 |
No way. Keep those cameras OFF-line. Who really wants to see homeless guys peeing at 2 o'clock in the morning? | ||
Bvos Member Username: Bvos Post Number: 2085 Registered: 10-2003 |
No more pot smoking at the festivals... |
