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Originally Posted by JayPro
I'm seriously wondering aloud right now how hard Detroit needs to work from essentially turning into the largest ghost town on the planet before erecting anything that looks like Libeskind's WTC1 in the middle of a Depression-era skyline...an apropos analogy for how depressed that town has bee since the domestic auto collapse.
Hell...even Ren Ctr. is *still* out of place there, apropos of nothing.
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There's not so much obstacles in the problems themselves but rather the perseverance (or previously lack thereof) to find sustainable solutions to them. I think a good number of Detroiters feel the city needs a great investment to show the world the city isn't as devastated as news headlines would lead you to believe. Sure, the city has lost a great deal of wealth and population, but it's really not that hard to rebuild cities unless there's a lack of will to do it.
An iconic high rise in the middle of downtown won't get rid of the problems the city faces, but at least it'll change how people think of the city. Better than the RenCen in the 70s, this new icon will likely build on what's already occurring within the area, unbeknownst to quite many, actually.
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