Posted Jul 23, 2019, 10:09 PM
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somewhere in-between
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: The Zoo, Michigan
Posts: 3,530
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I heard City Council did an about-face and voted to keep Spirit Plaza, at least for the near future.
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Detroit City Council votes to keep Spirit Plaza open in a last-minute reversal
Maryam Jayyousi | Detroit Metro Times
July 23, 2019
Actually, it looks like downtown Detroit's Spirit Plaza isn't going anywhere after all. The Detroit City Council moved to preserve the Spirit of Detroit Plaza for five more years in a 5-4 vote Tuesday morning. The pedestrian gathering space — which has closed off a section of Woodward Avenue between Jefferson Avenue and Larned Street since 2017 — will remain open, and roads will stay closed to automotive traffic...
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Of note,
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The council also approved a measure to remove the street medium and spend $800,000 on landscaping, street furniture, an eating area, stage, and a playground.
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