August 29, 200915 yr Detroit's best neighborhood (even moreso than Midtown). "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 31, 200915 yr Has a rundown, yet lively feel. I've passed through here a few times heading back from Windsor with my family and have been tempted to try out one of the restaurants. There's not a single, easy-to-find Detroit foodie blog, let alone one that covers Mexicantown restaurants (Really guys?) but I did find a positive review of a Central American restaurant. Not Mexican, but close enough.
September 3, 200915 yr One of the better and active neighborhoods in Detroit! Yes. This is a rare Detroit nabe the echoes a Chicago one: density; old housing, walking/retail districts and, of course, restaurants-- b/c of the Mexican theme, it's a wide Detroit tourist attraction, too. It's ashame Michigan Central Terminal couldn't have been rehabbed to be a proper, historic gateway to the neighborhood instead of the current eyesore, soon-to-be-demolished structure.
September 5, 200915 yr I think the whole city was like this at one time? I made a special point of going here since my partner is a chicano and he wanted to see it (and do some food shopping). Turns out this area starts close in, near that Mich Central ruin, as you see here, but extends out to near the city limits. Springwells neighborhood, I think its called further out. It actually IS a lot like Chicago....
September 9, 200915 yr What did that huge building seen in the distance of pic #3 used to be? Housing? I always marvel at it from the freeway when driving to Detroit. I can't imagine how impressive it was when it opened.
September 9, 200915 yr What did that huge building seen in the distance of pic #3 used to be? Housing? I always marvel at it from the freeway when driving to Detroit. I can't imagine how impressive it was when it opened. Michigan Central Station/Michigan Central Depot.
September 18, 200915 yr Michigan Central Station/Michigan Central Depot. searched it, Most passengers would arrive at and leave from Michigan Central Station by interurban service or streetcar and not as pedestrians due to the station's distance from downtown Detroit. The reason for the placement this far from downtown was a hope that the station would be an anchor for prosperity to follow... ...The property has changed hands several times after the 1984 deal, once even selling for less than $80,000.... On April 7, 2009 the Detroit City Council passed a resolution aimed at the demolition of the Depot.[5] Seven days later, Detroit resident Stanley Christmas sued the city of Detroit to stop the demolition effort, citing the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Central_Station some photos of it today: http://www.forgottendetroit.com/mcs/photos.html
October 5, 200915 yr That picture from 1930 makes me sick. I cannot believe how an American city, especially one that large can just litterally implode without any help from the government because of the racial issues. And we are supposed to be the best country in the world? We sure have some problems that are going to take decades to fix or longer.
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