Comments on: This Was Once A Neighborhood

By: jatki

jatki — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:16:07 +0000

I was really bummed when they tore down summer bay,its where we used to stay. Location was perfect, walk out the door and be thru the IP and on the strip in <5 mins. It was perfect.

By: blueboar

blueboar — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:02:03 +0000

I always figured that Harrah’s might have tried to build a sports arena there, possibly in conjunction with convention facilities. You know, for when Oscar gets his NBA franchise to move there.

By the way, that really doesn’t look much like Detroit. Detroit tends to leave old, condemned buildings sitting there with broken out windows and stuff. It costs money to actually tear them down.

By: tully

tully — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:08:10 +0000

The “something cool” I’d like to see is redevelopment back into apartments that could be rented at prices affordable by those working on the Strip or Downtown. In other words, nice, comfortable digs, but not luxury apartments. Doubt casino employees care whether there’s granite on the kitchen counter tops—-they just want close access to work.

It would help alleviate some of the traffic problems. If pretty much the bulk of the area east of the Strip could be given over to middle-class type housing, it would create a larger, safer buffer zone for tourists on the Strip, forcing crack alley further away. When gas prices go up again, a lot of employees would probably appreciate being closer to work.

I’ve never been convinced the demand is that great for high rise, luxury condos, even back when the economy was booming, Now that it’s in the toilet, suspect there is even less demand. Maybe Harrahs is sufficiently strapped for cash they will sell, which might create some possibilities. Odds are though, the owners will sit on it for as long as it takes to build a megabuck something or other there.