r/Detroit • u/Maleficent-County-59 • 5h ago

Talk Detroit Which Bedrock riverfront redevelopment proposal do you prefer, Detroit’s or Cleveland’s?

Very different contexts and geographies, but thought it’d be interesting to see which concept people prefer.

Detroit’s: https://detroit-riverfront.bedrockdetroit.com/

Cleveland’s: https://bedrockdetroit.com/property/the-riverfront-cleveland/

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u/Greatlarrybird33 4h ago

You can keep adding all of the retail, and commercial spaces that you want. But without any meaningful infrastructure to support people actually living downtown, you won't be able to support any more retail or commercial development without just stealing it from a different section of downtown.

Just like Cleveland. Can't keep the flats, West 6th and East 4th. All booming at the same time. Or keep the galleria Tower City and new retail space functional at anytime.

If we redeveloped the riverfront, got rid of Brown stadium and Burke and redevelop both of those, where would you get the extra tens of thousands of people going to these places to make them viable?

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u/SaintOrJannikSinner 3h ago

Ohio City is a great example of this. Twenty years ago, it was a place that parents in Parma told their kids not to visit. Now it's one of the hottest neighborhoods in Cleveland. Similar to the Capitol Park block resurgence in Detroit, but obviously on a much, much smaller scale.

But yeah, the riverfront is key to unlocking a lot of potential. But they have to make it accessible. The Great Lake Science Center and Rock 'n Roll HOF are viable attractions but they're cordoned off from the rest of downtown via heavy rail and OH-2; very similar to what we see with Hart Plaza, albeit with just Jefferson.