r/Detroit • u/DetroitDevUpdates • 4d ago

Picture New rendering of Greektown’s pedestrian friendly streetscape, now underway

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u/Future_Attempt_3672 4d ago

Holy shit, trees???

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u/Outside-Degree1247 3d ago

Downtown desperately needs more trees. So many streets are just 100% concrete and aren’t very nice to walk along.

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u/WayneFookinRooney 3d ago

So goddamn wide too. I couldn’t imagine having to cross Woodward with a cane or walker.

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u/No-Berry3914 Highland Park 3d ago

i don't know who is responsible for downtown street trees but they are doing a bad job of it. lots of trees that used to be there, i.e. along Woodward have been removed

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u/Blueparrotlet1 3d ago

It’s ridiculous. There’s huge planter boxes on Woodward with no trees that used to have trees. What the fuck is going on?

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u/No-Berry3914 Highland Park 3d ago

honestly it seems like as soon as they get big they become inconvenient for... whatever reason... and then they're removed. we could have had nice trees there if we had simply let them grow in place

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u/Outside-Degree1247 3d ago

The trees fronting OCM were allowed to fully mature. Those have a great canopy I often see people hanging out under. Shame it’s only for one block.

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u/explodingenchilada 3d ago

I can't speak for downtown, but it can be a micro-instance of 'not in my front yard'. I've seen this before in the redesign of other commercial corridors. Business and property owners want a canopy but don't want a tree blocking their signage and entrance from view for car traffic. This leads to no one having a tree in front of their property and no trees at all.

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u/kurisu7885 3d ago

Agreed. Been down there a few times and more greenery would be great.

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u/j0mbie 3d ago

Those trees will either destroy the brick or concrete surrounding their trunks, or just die. You can't ring trees that closely.

Picture 2 looks good for the tree, but the other ones are doomed to failure.

Honest question, does this street need to be open to vehicle traffic? Removing that would give more room for both trees and people. But maybe it's the only way these businesses can get deliveries?

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u/Mayaanalia 21h ago

I feel like there must be some back alley method to getting food delivered. I don't think this road needs to be open to traffic, and it would be safer if it wasn't.