I've always imagined for at least part of the Packard site that it'd be renovated into something similar to the Russell Industrial Center. Either that, or I've always imagined these empty factories being sort of "town squares" for different parts of the city where you'd consolidate business and city service distribution, and then build out the neighborhood around them.
I have to say, I do like that at least the plan is not to renovate the plant in a vacuum, that they actually plan to lift up the neighborhood around it. All major developments in Detroit should be viewed in this kind of context.
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Originally Posted by mousquet
It's funny that they're already thinking about something with no wires above one's head, when I thought it just would seem an insignificant detail to them for now, far from their major concerns.
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The thing is literally about to start construction in a few weeks. They most certainly now can afford to niggle over the details. I can't imagine that this is
the major design concern, at the moment. It sounds like they were just throwing it out there as an example of the things they are now focusing on since construction is now imminent. What else besides construction and design issues would they be concentrating on given where we are in the process?