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Originally Posted by iheartthed
The surface parking lots are retrofits.
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I agree the DIA neighborhood is walkable, but it isn't really walker-friendly. Like you can walk in every direction, no problem, but it wouldn't be particularly pleasant in any direction. Not dangerous, just not much for pedestrians.
It does piss me off the that Detroit region is so autocentric that the Woodward-facing entrances of the art museum and library are now the "back doors", and the main entrances now face the rear parking lots. This is also true of many of the grand churches in Midtown, like the Episcopal Cathedral.
And it isn't like I'm expecting suburbanites to take transit. The DIA built a parking garage beneath the museum in the 1950's, but let it deteriorate, and now it sits empty. So instead of nearby building fabric, you get the parking lot moonscapes.
In any case, this is silly conversation. Cleveland and Detroit are both roughly equivalent high culture heavyweights.