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Visitor's Guide to Red Wings hockey at Little Caesers Arena
It’s the inaugural season of the new Little Caesers Arena (LCA). Many pilgrims are making the trek to the new arena to watch the Detroit Red Wings play. This is my first version of this guide for first time visitors modeled after the one I put together for The Joe. I hope you find it helpful. Suggestions welcome!
Safety around the LCA as well as nearby Detroit city streets is very good. Detroit has a reputation of having high crime however in the 25 years I've been going to games in downtown Detroit I've never felt threatened for my safety. Immediately around and inside the LCA there are Detroit City and Michigan State Police as well as Olympia Security before, during, and after the game. The city streets around the LCA and out to the restaurants and hotels are walkable. But like in any modern city, keep your eyes and ears open and don't be stupid. Walk in groups. Stay (reasonably) sober. Don't go down the sketchy alley. Stay on the well-lit streets. Park in a guarded structure or lot not on a dark side street far away. Lock your car doors. Don't leave visible items inside the car. In other words don't be a victim. You'll be fine and you'll have a good time.
A guided tour of the LCA is available by scheduling in advance on specific dates. Check the LCA tours webpage for more information on prices and scheduling.
Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster, or at the LCA box office (if not already sold out), or through a reseller like Stubhub or even Ticketmaster's Ticket Exchange. Join the mailing list and check out the Red Wings social media for short notice deals like student and military rush ticket pricing and Fan Packs. Be advised the special offers are typically for low demand games like weekdays. Friday and Saturday games especially near holidays or against Canadian teams are high demand and typically not going to have special offers. These games will most likely not have cheap seats even on the reseller market. Ticket prices for the first season of the LCA have been higher than historically at the Joe.
Joe Louis Arena is still standing but no longer being used. The Joe is designated to be torn down but that date is currently not public. You can visit the Joe at 19 Steve Yzerman Dr, Detroit, MI 48226.
I personally do not have much experience with hotels in Detroit but I know people who have stayed at the Westin Book Cadillac and the nearby Ilitch-owned Motor City Casino which also has free shuttle to the LCA or an 8 block walk. MGM Casino is also nearby with a shuttle. On the cheaper side is the Holiday Inn Express next to the Westin Book Cadillac. Check out TripAdvisor Detroit for other hotel options.
With all of the new good food options I recommend checking out a restaurant inside the LCA. Sure the food is stadium prices but there are now three full restaurants located inside the arena as well multiple food stall vendors serving a variety of tastes. The free game day program at the LCA contains a map. I am partial to The Coop. If you want a complete Ilitch experience then get a slice or whole pie of Little Caesars pizza to go or sit down at Mike’s Pizza Bar. Outside the arena I also recommend somewhere iconic such as a coney from American or Lafayette (PROTIP: Lafayette). There are many good restaurants near the LCA and beyond. Check out the /detroit sidebar for more Detroit restaurant suggestions in and around the city. Popular spots include Hockeytown Cafe and flaming cheese in Greektown.
Harry’s Bar and Temple Bar are neighborhood bars that are within a 2 block walking distance to the LCA if you want to drink and hangout with fans before or after. The Chevy Plaza outside the southwest corner of the LCA has beer stands. The /detroit sidebar has more bar suggestions in and around the city. PROTIP: take the QLINE streetcar (US$1.50/3 hours) to the Canfield stop and quaff a few brews over crack fries at HopCat then take the QLINE south 2 stops (10 blocks) to the LCA stop at Sproat St. Be advised the northbound QLINE LCA stop is Adelaide St.
For convenience, park at the LCA VIP parking structure. It may be pricier (US$40 as of 2017-11-09) but it is a comfortable sheltered stroll to the LCA. If you are up for a short walk and would like to save a buck park at the MGM Casino or Motor City Casino for free. From there you can walk 8 blocks or take their free shuttle. The further away you park from the LCA the cheaper it is. There are several surface lots and structures nearby, some let you pay in advance. Some bars also have shuttles for free or a couple bucks. PROTIP: Nemo's has the best shuttle drivers. Regardless, remember where you parked, how you got to the LCA.
Coming from Canada? There is a Windsor tunnel bus US/CAN$5.00 each way from the bus terminal downtown Windsor (Chatham and Church) to Cass Ave. and the I-75 service drive next to the LCA. Getting through immigration takes a few minutes. Have your passport and don't be drunk. Check the link above for service times and details.
The LCA doors open 1.5 hours before game start. There are four sets of doors one at each corner. The Chevy Plaza at the southwest corner has a large screen that shows pre-game hype videos and on occasion the live game. There are also beebeverage stands in the plaza as well as picnic games (e.g. corn hole). You will have to pass through security to enter the Chevy Plaza but no ticket scan until you enter the arena doors.
You can sort of watch the players arrive by car (and visitors by bus) into the parking structure off Clifford north of the I-75 service drive.
The best photos of the LCA exterior are from the east side of Woodward just north of the westbound I-75 service drive looking at the building from the southeast corner. Photo
Will Call tickets at the box office located at the northeast corner of the arena off Woodward Ave.
There is a strict bag size policy enforced at the door. I’ve seen some upset people turned away at the doors. Know before you go.
You will have to go through a metal detector and may be subject to extra screening to enter the LCA.
Free WIFI is available inside as well as outside of the arena.
There are free programs inside the LCA at the entrances. Grab one because it has an arena map with section numbers and vendor locations. Sometimes there are interesting articles too.
There is souvenir shop called the Team Store in the southwest corner of the LCA. The authentic signed gear and memorabilia located in the east end of the store. There are also vendors scattered around the via and upper concourse selling souvenirs. PROTIP: the LCA prices are high for swag. Buy your gear ahead of time online or at Detroit Athletic in Detroit or Hockeytown Authentics up in Troy.
Friendly ushers are everywhere to help out and answer your questions. Most will take your photo for you if you ask politely.
There are local Detroit and Michigan craft beer vendors scattered around the arena priced at around US$10. Check the map in the free program for locations.
During warmups, fans congregate around the glass. Players come out at 30 minutes before game time for warmups. PROTIP: I recommend watching the Red Wings shoot at the net during warmups from behind the net on the glass in section 102/103. Hearing the puck smack the glass inches from your face is neat. Same for aisle for 115/116 on the visiting team side behind the net. The ushers will let you down to the ice level for warmups even if you don’t have tickets in that section.
The sea of banners is gone but the retired jerseys and Stanley Cup Championship banners remain. They are not the originals (those are hanging in the practice rink below the main rink) but are retractable. The banners share the ceiling with the Pistons banners on the other side. PROTIP: The best photo op for the Red Wing banners is in front of the Fox Sports Detroit broadcast desk at the top of section 219. Say hi to Keats for me.
There is a nice mix of old and new artwork in the LCA. Take some time before the game to walk around the lower and upper level concourses to see the manholes, the Howe/Lindsey/Delvecchio statues from the Joe, the original Olympia sign, murals of Red Wing greats. Look for the Red Wing logo at the northeast corner lower concourse made of auto parts. There are multiple selfie and photo spots too like the Red Wings bench and Little Caesars spear. The LCA is shared with the Detroit Pistons basketball team so you will see artwork and displays featuring their greats as well.
Every seat at the LCA has a great view of the ice. Some seats in the upper level (rows 6 and above between the red lines) have obstructed views of the center ice score board but there displays mounted behind the gondolas. The layout of the seats are steep and from the ice it looks like the stands are stacked on top of you. Sections, rows, and seats are on your ticket but navigation is based on portals. Check your ticket for your portal, go to that, then find your section/row/seat. Sit in your own seat. If you see seats that are still empty well into the first period then move to them. If someone asks you to move out of their seat just do it. Explore the arena to check out different seat views. PROTIP: go up to portals 78-82 to check out the vertigo inducing view down from the gondola.
Get to your seat 10 minutes before puck drop to see the pre-game on the huge scoreboard and on-ice projection.
The LCA now has a legit organ with in-house organists. They're pretty entertaining. Check it out the upper concourse behind section 301.
Don't be disrespectful during the national anthem(s). Just stand politely and shut up. Some visitors don't understand how disrespectful they can be. It's like 2 minutes, put the phone down.
Most Red Wings fans are friendly people and quite knowledgeable about their team and the sport. Strike up a conversation and you'll probably learn something new.
Cheer for your visiting team but don't be a dick about it.
DO NOT STAND UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT WHILE THE PUCK IS IN PLAY.
The LCA has a strict no smoking policy. There is no smoking area outside of any door. If you leave the LCA to smoke you will not be readmitted.
We know the goal horn recording sucks. We've already told the Red Wings organization about it. They know. They're working on it.
There are a lot of restrooms in the LCA. I haven’t see any long lines like the Joe had. Sadly(?) there are no urinal troughs in the men’s rooms.
Don't leave early! If the Red Wings win the DJ will play Don't Stop Believing in the final seconds or right after the game ends for you and thousands of your friends to sing along. The arena DJ plays music from multiple genres from Motown to country to pop and is known to take suggestions. He can be reached on Twitter @thehockeyjockey.
There is no public accessible spot for athlete autographs. The best opportunity for autographs is an event created for that purpose such as the Season Ticket Holder Open House, Fan Day Open House, or charity events like Toast of Hockeytown, Charity Poker Tournaments, as well as autograph signing events posted at https://www.facebook.com/DRWautographs/.
Post-game ride share pickups are along the I-75 service drive south of the LCA. Shuttles will pick you up where they dropped you off.
Have fun and enjoy the game!
Edit 1: typos and ride share info Edit 2: photo spot location and photo
Alternate History: Woodward gets his Way, An Essay on the Woodward Plan and what Detroit would be Like had the Plan been Implemented.
Leading Picture https://i.imgur.com/tBFvwfh.jpg Setting the Scene: The year is 1805. Detroit has a population of about 1000 people and has only been a part of the United States for two years. Alas, it doesn't take long for things to go horribly wrong, as the entire city burns down this year. Judge Augustus Woodward, the first Judge of the Michigan Territory, creates an ambitious and unique plan to rebuild it. Summary of what follows: Ultimately, for various reasons, only a small fraction of Judge Woodward's grand plan was actually implemented. My goal is to attempt to see what Detroit would be like had the Woodward plan been fully carried out, as well as educate about the details of the plan and its history. If you're just here for the pictures, here is a link to the complete album: https://imgur.com/a/y5hLS If you're still with me, without further ado, let's get started. What was Woodward's plan? I think it is best to show it in terms of what would change about Detroit as we know it, step by step: https://imgur.com/a/LjTL1 Key Points of the Woodward Plan
Triangles! The Woodward plan is based upon repeating triangular sections, not the typical rectangular grid.
Despite this, most of the building plots are still rectangular. Exceptions are the pentagonal ones around Campus Martiuses and the wedge and triangle ones around Grand Circuses
200' wide grand avenues running N-S and E-W. These create a familiar rectangular grid among the madness of the triangles.
120' radiating avenues are still pretty wide (for reference Michigan Ave Downtown is ~93' wide including sidewalks)
Parks, parks, and more parks. Each triangular Woodward section has one Grand Circus circle park, one Campus Martius rectangular park, and 8 triangle parks. Because of this, each Campus Martius park has a twin nearby. https://imgur.com/ji0l2Nn
This is nuts, how much of this was actually built? I've highlighted the buildings that exist in the city today according to the following scheme:
Green = 100% conforming to the Woodward plan
Yellow = Partially conforming to the Woodward plan
Red = Does not conform to the Woodward plan
First, here's the buildings on top of the existing street layout: https://imgur.com/P2uQaD3 Now, replace that street layout with Woodward's: https://imgur.com/JRYkclz Finally, destroy the nonconforming buildings and replace them with conforming buildings: https://imgur.com/ZOokpeJ This plan seems crazy, where did Woodward get the idea from? He was impressed and inspired by Washington D.C. and its diagonal avenues, but Woodward's plan takes it a step further. While Washington D.C. is simply a system of rectangular lots that happens to have diagonal avenues in it, the Woodward plan is a modular system entirely based on triangles that could be added as the city expanded. Are you saying the spoke roads are not a part of the Woodward Plan? Yes, this is a common misconception. The only relationship the spoke roads have to the Woodward plan is that they take roads that are part of the Woodward plan and extend them straight for ~40 miles. Why was so little of the plan implemented? Firstly, Woodward had limited authority to break up land that was already owned. For example, the government owned the area between Michigan Ave and Jefferson Ave and chose to arrange it in a conventional grid. Additionally, land in parcels perpendicular to the river owned by individuals, like the Brush family and the Beaubien family, could not be broken up and incorporated into the plan. Secondly, drafting up a city plan takes time and the people of Detroit grew restless as time passed after the devastating fire. The public also disliked the idea of so much public park space. Coupled with a general resistance for change, emnity toward Woodward's plan grew, so much so that others in Michigan's government would try to undo it while he was away. On one such occurrence, Woodward's detractors authorized the land north of Grand Circus park to be sold in rectangular parcels. Despite Woodward's alarm and protests that such a maneuver was illegal, the sale went through in 1817. This killed hope of implementing any more of the Woodward Plan. Part of Woodward's written complaint was as follows: “Nature had destined the city of Detroit to be a great interior emporium, equal, if not superior, to any other on the surface of the … globe. … In such a case that art of man should aid the benevolence of the Creator, and no restricted attachment to the present day or to present interests should induce a permanent sacrifice of ulterior and brilliant prospects.” And with that, Detroit's chance to develop as a truly one-of-a-kind city passed. The question of "what if" has reigned unchallenged ever since. Until now, that is. Working from Judge Woodward's original plans, I built the city street by street and building by building in Sketchup, creating "Woodward Detroit". I've included some famous Detroit buildings in Woodward Detroit, most of the rest are "filler" buildings meant to give the impression of a complete city. Now, I give you Detroit built per Woodward's own specifications. Some Aerial Photos and the Skyline https://imgur.com/tBFvwfhhttps://imgur.com/Yn4TJychttps://imgur.com/sVuvYse Transit in Woodward Detroit I see a lot of discussion around the subreddit about Detroit's transit woes so I did some thinking about transit, both from the present Detroit perspective of auto-dominance and an alternate rail and subway perspective. Roads Woodward could not have foreseen the explosive growth Detroit would see, eventually growing to a city of two million. I beilieve it is remarkable that he included 120' and 200' roads when designing the city in 1805; he showed remarkable foresight there that would lend itself well to Detroit's development as Motor City. However, I believe a limitation would show itself in the circle parks. Twelve roads all come together and you're stuck in a giant traffic circle. That sounds like a traffic nighmare. On an interesting side note, there is nothing special about Woodward Avenue in Woodward Detroit. It isn't even a grand avenue. In present Detroit after the Woodward plan was defeated, people came along afterward and extended Fort, Michigan, Grand River, Woodward, Gratiot, and Jefferson into the "spokes" we know today. Ironically, the defeat of the Woodward Plan allowed Woodward to become a household name by having his name attached to the major thoroughfare of M-1. While I have depicted the medians in the grand avenues as solid, there is no reason they couldn't be crossed with streets as they are presently on Washington Blvd, for example. The layout of one way streets in the small Woodward portion of present Detroit gives a clue what the layout in Woodward Detroit could be like. The circle park road is one way, like a giant roundabout, then the outer concentric circular roads are also one way in alternating directions. https://imgur.com/1dB9WLT Writing my own fantasy history, we'll say that the parks contributed to traffic in Woodward Detroit becoming the worst in the country by the 1950s. Citizens of Woodward Detroit unified in such an uproar at the idea running highways through their unique city that the city was forced to look at more efficient ways of moving people... Rail / Subway The 200' wide grand avenues leave ample room for light rail in the medians, one track each way. However, unlike in present Detroit, where roads run dozens of miles without interruption, the grand avenues of Woodward Detroit are full of parks. One possible course of action is to use the Campus Martius style parks as stations and the Circle parks as interchanges for the trains. https://imgur.com/WDPDvAz A second option is more familiar: spokes. These lines could be on the surface or a subway system, but I call them "the subway" in the rest of the post, so we'll go with that. I like this spoke option because it solidifies Grand Circus park as the center of the city, with subway lines stretching out to the suburbs in a similar fashion to the spoke roads today. I don't know what the Grand Circus park station would look like, with the logistics of six subway lines all intersecting there, but I'm sure the result would be a marvel of the transit world. I chose to leave it to the imagination and have them all mash together, beacuse such a station is beyond my skill to create. https://imgur.com/lCh1UWQ Thirdly, the "why not both?" option ensures ample transit coverage. https://imgur.com/sd5R4Z6 Now, with all of these lines, subways, and stations, it seems we need some way to move people around between them. Hence, the People Mover takes its place in Woodward Detroit. The People Mover can finally serve its intended purpose of moving people between different transit lines. https://imgur.com/51MRHuq Both sets of rail and the people mover create a robust transit system. https://imgur.com/27WzjJ9 Looking at specific famous Detroit buildings / locations Renaissance Center Since the unique part of the Woodward plan applies to only above Jefferson Ave, the Renaissance Center can stay exactly where it is in present Detroit. https://imgur.com/VpLTfFZ One Detroit Center, One Woodward Ave, McKinsey, Crowne Plaza https://imgur.com/F4G5vis Penobscot Building, Guardian Building, 211 Fort St. https://imgur.com/OtgdTft Campus Martius, First National Building, One Campus Martius, One Kennedy Square The first two buildings conform to the Woodward plan, One Kennedy Square was reshaped. https://imgur.com/lXWFtS7 Monroe Block, First National, Cadillac Tower, Cadillac Square Cadillac Square is not a square any longer; instead it is just a part of Michigan Grand Ave. I've included a concept for the upcoming development on the Monroe block. https://imgur.com/VoGyaiV Hudson's Site Based upon the latest renderings, though the tower of apartments is more inspired by the first rendering. Standing 800' tall to its roof, this new skycraper is a focal point for present Detroit and Woodward Detroit alike. https://imgur.com/z6NuGkB View from top of David Whitney Building https://imgur.com/9D9HaWA Book Skyscraper In my made up history, the Woodward plan allowed Detroit's boom and surge to reach even greater heights before the Depression, enabling the construction of grand plans that were shelved in present Detroit because of the Depression. One such building is the 82 Story Book skyscraper attached to the Book Tower we know and love, standing about 900' tall! https://imgur.com/27v3W27 Grand Circus Park Grand Circus Park would be quite a sight, to be standing in the center of the full circle with all twelve lots occupied by towers (though I didn't have the heart to remove the eternal parking lot at Adams and Madison (apparently now called Aretha Franklin Way)). In this alternate history, it is the transit hub of Detroit, served by six subway lines and the People Mover. https://imgur.com/6hCgcTL Water Board Building https://imgur.com/VOHe101 Detroit Library https://imgur.com/cssXTnA Michigan Central Station https://imgur.com/ntN6jHMhttps://imgur.com/MPXMKgi Greektown / Casino https://imgur.com/hQICX6D Fisher Building Another Detroit building that was prevented from reaching its full potential by the Depression. The Fisher Building we know today is less than a third of the original plan. You can read more about that in my post here: https://www.reddit.com/Detroit/comments/5vu97d/alternate_history_the_fisher_building_is_finished/?st=j89fj0h5&sh=928a4c31 In my alternate history, the Fisher brothers, seeking to cement their legacy with the largest commercial building in the world, finally convinced the city to allow the construction of their tower inside a circle park, ensuring that it is visible as the terminating vista on 12 streets. The Albert Kahn firm spared no expense and created a lavish limestone 60 story tower flanked by two 30 story towers, crowned by gold leaf roofs and all joined together by a U shaped, three-story lobby filled with decadent gold leaf, bronze, frescos, and murals. Finished just months before the 1929 Great Depression, it stands as a nationally-recognized high point of Art Deco architecture. https://imgur.com/Bk17fXV (Aside: How tall is it? There is a problem with the scale of the Fisher Building model. The width is correct at 800' and the footprint actually does just barely fit inside a circle park. However, the roof height (not including spire) of the 30 story part is 301' in the model while the actual roof height is 418.3'. Applying this scale factor would put the actual height of the 60 story roof at 938.3'.) Riverfront Towers, Cobo, Joe Louis https://imgur.com/v0WPDBn Comerica Park and Ford Field I experimented to see if these stadiums could fit inside circle parks. https://imgur.com/AtGJUJR https://imgur.com/g1n75ZF Views Aerial Views and Views from the tops of buildings https://imgur.com/QyRFaqZhttps://imgur.com/UE4TfN1https://imgur.com/LpIYRNThttps://imgur.com/NtHsBd8https://imgur.com/U6D40h0https://imgur.com/DhQs0Ylhttps://imgur.com/v7V2uz4https://imgur.com/Wf6gOjm Matched Photo I attempted to match an aerial photo I found https://imgur.com/N7tf2lRhttp://banana1015.com/files/2016/03/Spencer-Platt-Getty-Images.jpg Bonus Woodward Detroit's one-of-a-kind layout has created a close knit city with an atmosphere like no other, with world leading architecture, innovation, and a robust transit system. Naturally, a certain tech company looking for their second HQ chose it as their first choice, claiming "there weren't ever really any other options." I had some fun making a circle park and its surrounding buildings into one unified HQ complex. And it does lie on one of the subway lines. https://imgur.com/3lY5Rtn Conclusion & Sources For further reading about the history of the Woodward plan, I recommend this excellent three part article, from which I sourced much of my information: http://detroiturbanism.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-woodward-plan-part-i-origins.html Some information also came from here, a shorter summary focusing on the plan's downfall: https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2015/06/01/the-detroit-that-never-was-how-the-woodward-plan-died-197-years-ago In conclusion, once I learned about Woodward and his grand plan for Detroit, I voraciously devoured any information I could find about it. The combination of its true uniqueness among urban designs and the fact that just enough of the plan was built to stimulte curiousity but not enough to indicate what the whole city would look like sent me on this path. My goal was to create what Woodward could not and provide an alternate vision for what Detroit could have been. I greatly enjoyed following Woodward's own procedure to lay out a section and then populating with all the buildings and details. I am very pleased with the final results and hope you are too. I undertook this project out of passion and interest. I hope you enjoyed reading and that I arranged the content in a clear manner. Thanks for reading! Acknowledgements A wonderful tool in Sketchup is the ability to import models created by others. I used this to build more of a connection from my virtual Woodward Detroit to the Detroit we know today and I feel the results of my project would not have been even half as good without them. A big thank you to the following Sketchup users:
City of Detroit: finalcutjoe
Ally building: C M.
Guardian, Penobscot, David Stott, Cadillac Place, Cadillac Tower, Fisher Buildings: wyliepoon (Fisher Building was modified to its "full" version by me)
An Essay on the Woodward Plan for Detroit, One of the Most Ambitious and Unique City Plans (x-post /r/Detroit)
Leading Picture https://i.imgur.com/tBFvwfh.jpg Setting the Scene: The year is 1805. Detroit has a population of about 1000 people and has only been a part of the United States for two years. Alas, it doesn't take long for things to go horribly wrong, as the entire city burns down this year. Judge Augustus Woodward, the first Judge of the Michigan Territory, creates an ambitious and unique plan to rebuild it. Summary of what follows: Ultimately, for various reasons, only a small fraction of Judge Woodward's grand plan was actually implemented. My goal is to attempt to see what Detroit would be like had the Woodward plan been fully carried out, as well as educate about the details of the plan and its history. If you're just here for the pictures, here is a link to the complete album: https://imgur.com/a/y5hLS If you're still with me, without further ado, let's get started. What was Woodward's plan? I think it is best to show it in terms of what would change about Detroit as we know it, step by step: https://imgur.com/a/LjTL1 Key Points of the Woodward Plan
Triangles! The Woodward plan is based upon repeating triangular sections, not the typical rectangular grid.
Despite this, most of the building plots are still rectangular. Exceptions are the pentagonal ones around Campus Martiuses and the wedge and triangle ones around Grand Circuses
200' wide grand avenues running N-S and E-W. These create a familiar rectangular grid among the madness of the triangles.
120' radiating avenues are still pretty wide (for reference Michigan Ave Downtown is ~93' wide including sidewalks)
Parks, parks, and more parks. Each triangular Woodward section has one Grand Circus circle park, one Campus Martius rectangular park, and 8 triangle parks. Because of this, each Campus Martius park has a twin nearby. https://imgur.com/ji0l2Nn
This is nuts, how much of this was actually built? I've highlighted the buildings that exist in the city today according to the following scheme:
Green = 100% conforming to the Woodward plan
Yellow = Partially conforming to the Woodward plan
Red = Does not conform to the Woodward plan
First, here's the buildings on top of the existing street layout: https://imgur.com/P2uQaD3 Now, replace that street layout with Woodward's: https://imgur.com/JRYkclz Finally, destroy the nonconforming buildings and replace them with conforming buildings: https://imgur.com/ZOokpeJ This plan seems crazy, where did Woodward get the idea from? He was impressed and inspired by Washington D.C. and its diagonal avenues, but Woodward's plan takes it a step further. While Washington D.C. is simply a system of rectangular lots that happens to have diagonal avenues in it, the Woodward plan is a modular system entirely based on triangles that could be added as the city expanded. Are you saying the spoke roads are not a part of the Woodward Plan? Yes, this is a common misconception. The only relationship the spoke roads have to the Woodward plan is that they take roads that are part of the Woodward plan and extend them straight for ~40 miles. Why was so little of the plan implemented? Firstly, Woodward had limited authority to break up land that was already owned. For example, the government owned the area between Michigan Ave and Jefferson Ave and chose to arrange it in a conventional grid. Additionally, land in parcels perpendicular to the river owned by individuals, like the Brush family and the Beaubien family, could not be broken up and incorporated into the plan. Secondly, drafting up a city plan takes time and the people of Detroit grew restless as time passed after the devastating fire. The public also disliked the idea of so much public park space. Coupled with a general resistance for change, emnity toward Woodward's plan grew, so much so that others in Michigan's government would try to undo it while he was away. On one such occurrence, Woodward's detractors authorized the land north of Grand Circus park to be sold in rectangular parcels. Despite Woodward's alarm and protests that such a maneuver was illegal, the sale went through in 1817. This killed hope of implementing any more of the Woodward Plan. Part of Woodward's written complaint was as follows: “Nature had destined the city of Detroit to be a great interior emporium, equal, if not superior, to any other on the surface of the … globe. … In such a case that art of man should aid the benevolence of the Creator, and no restricted attachment to the present day or to present interests should induce a permanent sacrifice of ulterior and brilliant prospects.” And with that, Detroit's chance to develop as a truly one-of-a-kind city passed. The question of "what if" has reigned unchallenged ever since. Until now, that is. Working from Judge Woodward's original plans, I built the city street by street and building by building in Sketchup, creating "Woodward Detroit". I've included some famous Detroit buildings in Woodward Detroit, most of the rest are "filler" buildings meant to give the impression of a complete city. Now, I give you Detroit built per Woodward's own specifications. Some Aerial Photos and the Skyline https://imgur.com/tBFvwfhhttps://imgur.com/Yn4TJychttps://imgur.com/sVuvYse Transit in Woodward Detroit I see a lot of discussion around the Detroit subreddit about Detroit's transit woes so I did some thinking about transit, both from the present Detroit perspective of auto-dominance and an alternate rail and subway perspective. Roads Woodward could not have foreseen the explosive growth Detroit would see, eventually growing to a city of two million. I beilieve it is remarkable that he included 120' and 200' roads when designing the city in 1805; he showed remarkable foresight there that would lend itself well to Detroit's development as Motor City. However, I believe a limitation would show itself in the circle parks. Twelve roads all come together and you're stuck in a giant traffic circle. That sounds like a traffic nighmare. On an interesting side note, there is nothing special about Woodward Avenue in Woodward Detroit. It isn't even a grand avenue. In present Detroit after the Woodward plan was defeated, people came along afterward and extended Fort, Michigan, Grand River, Woodward, Gratiot, and Jefferson into the "spokes" we know today. Ironically, the defeat of the Woodward Plan allowed Woodward to become a household name by having his name attached to the major thoroughfare of M-1. While I have depicted the medians in the grand avenues as solid, there is no reason they couldn't be crossed with streets as they are presently on Washington Blvd, for example. The layout of one way streets in the small Woodward portion of present Detroit gives a clue what the layout in Woodward Detroit could be like. The circle park road is one way, like a giant roundabout, then the outer concentric circular roads are also one way in alternating directions. https://imgur.com/1dB9WLT Writing my own fantasy history, we'll say that the parks contributed to traffic in Woodward Detroit becoming the worst in the country by the 1950s. Citizens of Woodward Detroit unified in such an uproar at the idea running highways through their unique city that the city was forced to look at more efficient ways of moving people... Rail / Subway The 200' wide grand avenues leave ample room for light rail in the medians, one track each way. However, unlike in present Detroit, where roads run dozens of miles without interruption, the grand avenues of Woodward Detroit are full of parks. One possible course of action is to use the Campus Martius style parks as stations and the Circle parks as interchanges for the trains. https://imgur.com/WDPDvAz A second option is more familiar: spokes. These lines could be on the surface or a subway system, but I call them "the subway" in the rest of the post, so we'll go with that. I like this spoke option because it solidifies Grand Circus park as the center of the city, with subway lines stretching out to the suburbs in a similar fashion to the spoke roads today. I don't know what the Grand Circus park station would look like, with the logistics of six subway lines all intersecting there, but I'm sure the result would be a marvel of the transit world. I chose to leave it to the imagination and have them all mash together, beacuse such a station is beyond my skill to create. https://imgur.com/lCh1UWQ Thirdly, the "why not both?" option ensures ample transit coverage. https://imgur.com/sd5R4Z6 Now, with all of these lines, subways, and stations, it seems we need some way to move people around between them. Hence, the People Mover takes its place in Woodward Detroit. The People Mover can finally serve its intended purpose of moving people between different transit lines. https://imgur.com/51MRHuq Both sets of rail and the people mover create a robust transit system. https://imgur.com/27WzjJ9 Looking at specific famous Detroit buildings / locations Renaissance Center Since the unique part of the Woodward plan applies to only above Jefferson Ave, the Renaissance Center can stay exactly where it is in present Detroit. https://imgur.com/VpLTfFZ One Detroit Center, One Woodward Ave, McKinsey, Crowne Plaza https://imgur.com/F4G5vis Penobscot Building, Guardian Building, 211 Fort St. https://imgur.com/OtgdTft Campus Martius, First National Building, One Campus Martius, One Kennedy Square The first two buildings conform to the Woodward plan, One Kennedy Square was reshaped. https://imgur.com/lXWFtS7 Monroe Block, First National, Cadillac Tower, Cadillac Square Cadillac Square is not a square any longer; instead it is just a part of Michigan Grand Ave. I've included a concept for the upcoming development on the Monroe block. https://imgur.com/VoGyaiV Hudson's Site Based upon the latest renderings, though the tower of apartments is more inspired by the first rendering. Standing 800' tall to its roof, this new skycraper is a focal point for present Detroit and Woodward Detroit alike. https://imgur.com/z6NuGkB View from top of David Whitney Building https://imgur.com/9D9HaWA Book Skyscraper In my made up history, the Woodward plan allowed Detroit's boom and surge to reach even greater heights before the Depression, enabling the construction of grand plans that were shelved in present Detroit because of the Depression. One such building is the 82 Story Book skyscraper attached to the Book Tower we know and love, standing about 900' tall! https://imgur.com/27v3W27 Grand Circus Park Grand Circus Park would be quite a sight, to be standing in the center of the full circle with all twelve lots occupied by towers (though I didn't have the heart to remove the eternal parking lot at Adams and Madison (apparently now called Aretha Franklin Way)). In this alternate history, it is the transit hub of Detroit, served by six subway lines and the People Mover. https://imgur.com/6hCgcTL Water Board Building https://imgur.com/VOHe101 Detroit Library https://imgur.com/cssXTnA Michigan Central Station https://imgur.com/ntN6jHMhttps://imgur.com/MPXMKgi Greektown / Casino https://imgur.com/hQICX6D Fisher Building Another Detroit building that was prevented from reaching its full potential by the Depression. The Fisher Building we know today is less than a third of the original plan. You can read more about that in my post here: https://www.reddit.com/Detroit/comments/5vu97d/alternate_history_the_fisher_building_is_finished/?st=j89fj0h5&sh=928a4c31 In my alternate history, the Fisher brothers, seeking to cement their legacy with the largest commercial building in the world, finally convinced the city to allow the construction of their tower inside a circle park, ensuring that it is visible as the terminating vista on 12 streets. The Albert Kahn firm spared no expense and created a lavish limestone 60 story tower flanked by two 30 story towers, crowned by gold leaf roofs and all joined together by a U shaped, three-story lobby filled with decadent gold leaf, bronze, frescos, and murals. Finished just months before the 1929 Great Depression, it stands as a nationally-recognized high point of Art Deco architecture. https://imgur.com/Bk17fXV (Aside: How tall is it? There is a problem with the scale of the Fisher Building model. The width is correct at 800' and the footprint actually does just barely fit inside a circle park. However, the roof height (not including spire) of the 30 story part is 301' in the model while the actual roof height is 418.3'. Applying this scale factor would put the actual height of the 60 story roof at 938.3'.) Riverfront Towers, Cobo, Joe Louis https://imgur.com/v0WPDBn Comerica Park and Ford Field I experimented to see if these stadiums could fit inside circle parks. https://imgur.com/AtGJUJR https://imgur.com/g1n75ZF Views Aerial Views and Views from the tops of buildings https://imgur.com/QyRFaqZhttps://imgur.com/UE4TfN1https://imgur.com/LpIYRNThttps://imgur.com/NtHsBd8https://imgur.com/U6D40h0https://imgur.com/DhQs0Ylhttps://imgur.com/v7V2uz4https://imgur.com/Wf6gOjm Matched Photo I attempted to match an aerial photo I found https://imgur.com/N7tf2lRhttp://banana1015.com/files/2016/03/Spencer-Platt-Getty-Images.jpg Bonus Woodward Detroit's one-of-a-kind layout has created a close knit city with an atmosphere like no other, with world leading architecture, innovation, and a robust transit system. Naturally, a certain tech company looking for their second HQ chose it as their first choice, claiming "there weren't ever really any other options." I had some fun making a circle park and its surrounding buildings into one unified HQ complex. And it does lie on one of the subway lines. https://imgur.com/3lY5Rtn Conclusion & Sources For further reading about the history of the Woodward plan, I recommend this excellent three part article, from which I sourced much of my information: http://detroiturbanism.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-woodward-plan-part-i-origins.html Some information also came from here, a shorter summary focusing on the plan's downfall: https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2015/06/01/the-detroit-that-never-was-how-the-woodward-plan-died-197-years-ago In conclusion, once I learned about Woodward and his grand plan for Detroit, I voraciously devoured any information I could find about it. The combination of its true uniqueness among urban designs and the fact that just enough of the plan was built to stimulte curiousity but not enough to indicate what the whole city would look like sent me on this path. My goal was to create what Woodward could not and provide an alternate vision for what Detroit could have been. I greatly enjoyed following Woodward's own procedure to lay out a section and then populating with all the buildings and details. I am very pleased with the final results and hope you are too. I undertook this project out of passion and interest. I hope you enjoyed reading and that I arranged the content in a clear manner. Thanks for reading! Acknowledgements A wonderful tool in Sketchup is the ability to import models created by others. I used this to build more of a connection from my virtual Woodward Detroit to the Detroit we know today and I feel the results of my project would not have been even half as good without them. A big thank you to the following Sketchup users:
City of Detroit: finalcutjoe
Ally building: C M.
Guardian, Penobscot, David Stott, Cadillac Place, Cadillac Tower, Fisher Buildings: wyliepoon (Fisher Building was modified to its "full" version by me)
[Note: I was searching this subreddit to see if anyone had raced my upcoming marathon before, and there were no entries. Then I was surprised to find no one had done a write-up on Detroit, which is a pretty big marathon. Accordingly, here's mine; I hope runners considering Detroit will find it useful in the future!] Getting to the starting line: Parking was pretty decent for such a large event. The maps they had at the expo helpfully pointed out a number of lots, all very close to the start. I was arriving a bit on the late side, but I still made it with plenty of time parking at one of the casinos and jogging over. Large searchlights made it pretty clear, even in the dark of night, where the race began. The starting corrals were easy to navigate and well-marked. I entered directly at my lettered corral, but I'm pretty sure they were less "corrals" than "pretty please stand around X area." The course itself Segment 1: To and on the Ambassador Bridge Miles 1-4 The race starts off with a completely straight mile and a half to the entrance of the Ambassador Bridge. There's a lot of crowd support for the first half of this segment. I expected the on-ramp to the bridge to be steep and the bridge to be fairly flat; the opposite was closer to true. The on-ramps are more gentle than you might expect, and the bridge has a pretty pronounced crown at the midspan. The bridge is fairly narrow (one lane reserved for emergency vehicles), so there's some bottlenecking. Also, if you are around the 8:00 pace, there's extra bottlenecking caused by people in the handcycle/disability division struggling up the hill. They do a good job marking these people with flags / support bikers, but you should be aware of them. They're much faster than runners everywhere else, but hills look like they're just murder on one of those things. Lots of people like to start the marathon a bit slower for the first few miles. The course layout really helps you with that here! I, and many others, picked it up starting with the downhill segment of the bridge. Some people might wonder about the international aspect of the race--do you really need your passport? I really carried it, but at each international crossing, I didn't see a single person who had their bib visible get stopped. Only the idiots who somehow--despite about 50 border patrol officers screaming at everyone on the course to have their bib visible--managed to cover it up got stopped, and then only to see it. Segment 2: Canada and the Windsor Tunnel Miles 4-8 There's pretty great crowd support across the Canadian river front. There's also the five mile mark, where you hit your first timing mat of the event (the live tracking worked for my friends for every mileage except 20, where, because this was my first marathon and I had been slightly ahead of pace, they feared the worst!). These are easy miles--nice and flat, with lots of supporters. When I reached the tunnel, I worried a little about air quality, but it turned out to be completely fine. It was a little on the warm side, frankly, but the air was great. The elevation change in the tunnel is very subtle (it's lowest in the middle of the river). It's not quite a full mile underwater, but please no one tell the organizers: they're very excited about having an underwater mile. Segment 3: Downtown, Mexicantown, Corktown, Greektown Miles 9-14 There's fantastic crowd support when you get back from Canada, even if your morale suffers slightly from the sudden loss of access to affordable health insurance. But the crowds fade quickly by mile 9. Miles 9 through 11 are fairly quiet, with a decent number of turns. The scenery through here is sometimes sad, with abandoned buildings dotting these neighborhoods. Once you hit mile 12, however, you're back on Michigan Ave, and cruising toward downtown with increasing crowd support. The half-marathon runners turn off right before mile 13, but a new batch starts up--there are both "international" and "domestic" half-marathoners, so you always have fresh legs with you (although it looks like next year the domestic half will start much later, so they may not be around yet). Segment 4: Solitude and Indian Village Miles 14-19 The run down miles 14-16 really could test your mettle. There's no one out there except the cops at the intersections (and sparsely staffed aid stations). It is a long, straight shot down a mediocre street. If you can zone out and just let the miles flow, this is the time to do it. Miles 16 through 18 take you through "Indian Village," which is a much nicer area. There are pretty large homes on tree-lined streets, with a very pleasant atmosphere. There are a decent number of supporters out there (not crowds, but clumps of people) who are very enthusiastic. Some even offer beer! There's also a Gu station right at the beginning of this neighborhood. The 19th mile leads you to back to the riverfront, where you get ready for... Segment 5: Belle Isle to the Finish Miles 20-finish The run out to Belle Isle is another mental challenge. You've finished 19 miles by the time you reach the bridge, but you can start to see other people already leaving the island. It's a bit of a gut punch, but the bridge and island themselves are beautiful. There aren't any crowds--it's an island, and the only bridge is devoted to the marathon course--but it's a pleasant atmosphere. One of the aid stations on the island offered vaseline, which I don't think was listed on the website. By the time you've finished mile 23, you're back across the bridge, on your way to a section of the Riverwalk. The course is a bit tight here, which is probably fine--it's not very crowded at this point. From miles 24 to the finish there's pretty strong crowd support, and the route is generally pretty straight and fast. The one notable exception is a crime committed by the race organizers, placing the 26th mile marker at the top of a small (but at this point ENORMOUS) hill. A quick left turn and you can see the finish, but that hill is just plain mean. Overall, I would recommend Detroit to someone running their first marathon, or any other marathon. It's a generally nice course, very well organized, and the international aspect is novel and fun.
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