Sc00by9999 Member Username: Sc00by9999
Post Number: 7 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 3:13 pm: | |
Im wondering if anyone has any news on the new port authority building going up by the rencen. according to their website "The project is expected to be complete in 2006"
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Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez
Post Number: 210 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 3:58 pm: | |
sweet! Can't wait to moor the Bertram at that baby. Rock--you with me here? That looks like a nice operation. |
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 1140 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 4:43 pm: | |
As a side note, they created a connecting path for the riverwalk between the Ren Cen and Hart Plaza portions so pedestrians can avoid walking along Atwater and through the DPD parking lot now. I snapped this a few days ago.
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Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez
Post Number: 211 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 4:45 pm: | |
so is that connecting path considered the new "port authority" terminal? If so,I guess they scaled things back a bit. Or is it further down where that boat is ? |
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 1141 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 4:47 pm: | |
It's supposed to go where the asphalt is and the concrete begins in the picture. |
Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez
Post Number: 213 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 4:49 pm: | |
uh huh.... |
Dtroit Member Username: Dtroit
Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 9:20 pm: | |
Well I have been wondering for quite sometime also. I believe the sign at the site has a different timeline on it, however I am not positive. I have sent an email to the Port Authority. I am hoping for a quick response. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 3778 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 10:43 am: | |
What perfect stopping point for a Detroit - Windsor ferry! This is behind Ford Auditorium, right? |
The_rock Member Username: The_rock
Post Number: 1697 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 10:52 am: | |
rulez' Betram is a better candidate to tie up here than my SeaRay. I am not sure if the docking space will accomodate too large a cruise ship, but I will remain optomistic. |
Mbr Member Username: Mbr
Post Number: 131 Registered: 03-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 10:58 am: | |
http://www.portdetroit.com/ind ex.htm That looks like a pretty big cruise ship on the front page of their website. Might just be for show. |
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 1142 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 11:24 am: | |
Lowell: It's behind the auditorium and the western half of the riverfront garage. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 420 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 11:28 am: | |
Now that is just silly. |
Stecks77 Member Username: Stecks77
Post Number: 341 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 11:46 am: | |
Miami! |
Cgunn Member Username: Cgunn
Post Number: 39 Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 11:49 am: | |
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Jdkeepsmiling Member Username: Jdkeepsmiling
Post Number: 248 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 2:15 pm: | |
I would so go on a nice summer Great Lakes Cruise if they began and ended in Detroit. |
Pete Member Username: Pete
Post Number: 65 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 2:45 pm: | |
It's all about federal money. What I heard from the architects was that the money wasn't used quickly enough the first time around, and so they are waiting for it to be allocated again. Same thing with the transit center - federal money. I've had some limited experience with federal grants when I worked for an engineering consultant, and I know it was always a bitch for the accountants. |
Genesyxx Member Username: Genesyxx
Post Number: 704 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 2:50 pm: | |
so... when's work starting on this project? I walk by there everyday and nothing seems to be going on, sans the litter piling up a little. And that pic is ridiculous! That looks like 8x the size of the Princess! |
Andyguard73 Member Username: Andyguard73
Post Number: 224 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 3:29 pm: | |
That picture isn't ridiculous if you look closely at it. The Columbus (the ship in the picture, as Cgunn pointed out) isn't actually docked at Detroit, but is northbound in the middle of the river, quite a ways away from shore. If you look at it understanding the perspective you're viewing it from and the ship's actually location it's not as weird looking. On a side note, the Columbus has docked in my hometown of Port Huron at the Seaway terminal a number of times (the bean dock for old timers from the area), and while it's a nice facility I would imagine that the Port Authority building will be able to handle quite a bit more. |
Andyguard73 Member Username: Andyguard73
Post Number: 226 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 3:48 pm: | |
Here are some pictures of the Columbus at port in Port Huron so you can get a sense of the scale of the ship at dock.
http://www.achesonventures.com/swtphotogallery.asp |
Detmsp Member Username: Detmsp
Post Number: 18 Registered: 08-2008
| Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 9:19 pm: | |
any news on this? is the plan dead? stalled? |