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You seem to be confused with your directions, lol. The RenCen is along the Detroit river, which is the south side of downtown Detroit, and the north shore of the river, Windsor is directly south of Detroit, and on the south shore of the river.
This is a great video of the Detroit/Windsor Skyline. It pays a lot of attention to the Windsor Skyline. The only part of Canada south of the continental USA...lol
This is a great video of the Detroit/Windsor Skyline. It pays a lot of attention to the Windsor Skyline. The only part of Canada south of the continental USA...lol
And maybe the next 700-plus foot tower is close to happening in the part of downtown designed for a massive (by most city standards) skyscraper... the Public Square lot (Sherwin-Williams).
The buzz on Cleveland streets is the announcement of a Sherwin-Williams' super tower the Public Square parking lot is imminent; could drop as early as tomorrow...
The buzz on Cleveland streets is the announcement of a Sherwin-Williams' super tower the Public Square parking lot is imminent; could drop as early as tomorrow...
That’s good. It always felt weird that the â€center†of Cleveland was on the Western edge of Downtown
IMO that's actually great news. A city with a bunch of new modern buildings mixed in with a bunch of older neglected ones would be awkward. I think Detroit is going through a similar renaissance, but is starting to see a fair amount of new construction as suburban firms are heading back toward downtown. It's got several suburbs with high rises, but none of them are to the CBD level that Clayton is, so it doesn't have to compete with them as much for that type of infill. At one point Detroit had a half a dozen 400ft high rises that were empty. They have all been repurposed. It's my understanding that St. Louis even with its decline has not experienced blight to the level of Detroit. My guess is that it's strengths are more at street level.
The fact that Clayton, a city of approximately 15,000 people, has a large highrise CBD highlights the balkanized mess that St. Louis and St. Louis County has become since the Great Divorce. Better Together is dead for now, but a merger is honestly needed to bring the area into the 21st century.
In terms of highrises, downtown St. Louis was down to 3 vacant ones earlier this year, but I believe one has since sold with a redevelopment plan, so it should be down to 2 now. A bonus for downtown St. Louis is that many of its streets are narrow, especially in comparison to places like Chicago, and it's highly walkable. Downtown still looks a bit gritty, because it can be dirty, but it's a desirable place to live now with a growing population, and businesses are taking note of that.
As for overall blight, I think what helped St. Louis in comparison to Detroit is that St. Louis' worst blight is all highly localized to specific areas north of the central corridor, whereas Detroit's comes across as more spread out across the city.
That was my take when visiting Detroit anyway, but that was also nearly a decade ago. I need to go back and checkout all the changes.
Pittsburgh is nice, but I've always liked Cleveland's skyline. The shots from the lake are very nice especially. Cleveland overall I view as a very underrated city.
The fact that Clayton, a city of approximately 15,000 people, has a large highrise CBD highlights the balkanized mess that St. Louis and St. Louis County has become since the Great Divorce. Better Together is dead for now, but a merger is honestly needed to bring the area into the 21st century.
In terms of highrises, downtown St. Louis was down to 3 vacant ones earlier this year, but I believe one has since sold with a redevelopment plan, so it should be down to 2 now. A bonus for downtown St. Louis is that many of its streets are narrow, especially in comparison to places like Chicago, and it's highly walkable. Downtown still looks a bit gritty, because it can be dirty, but it's a desirable place to live now with a growing population, and businesses are taking note of that.
As for overall blight, I think what helped St. Louis in comparison to Detroit is that St. Louis' worst blight is all highly localized to specific areas north of the central corridor, whereas Detroit's comes across as more spread out across the city.
That was my take when visiting Detroit anyway, but that was also nearly a decade ago. I need to go back and checkout all the changes.
Cincinnati's is cool day or night. It would rival Pittsburgh with more height.
I wish today's architecture was better. I really don't like Cincy's new tallest. Their old tallest is much better looking. I also don't like the batman building in Nashville, which it reminds me of for some reason. Just too much focus on putting something fancy on top, and ends up looking tacky.
That said I wish they'd take down the horrific giant UPMC logo on the US Steel bldg in Pittsburgh, or at least don't light it up at night. Pgh's skyline looked so much better before they installed that hideous sign. The letters are 3 stories high at least, about 50 feet. I guess money bought the rights but its a huge eyesore.
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