Showing posts with label Riverwalk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riverwalk. Show all posts

Thursday, March 31, 2011

More Funding Coming to Detroit Green Spaces

Governor Rick Snyder signed a bill this week approving $102 million in grants to the Natural Resources Trust Fund.  Close to $35 million from that grant will go to William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor, Detroit Riverwalk and the Dequindre Cut.  The following acquisition projects were recommended for funding:

  •  $20 million would be used to acquire three to six large private inholding parcels and trail easements along the Detroit Riverfront as additions to the William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor.
  •  $9 million would be used by the DNRE to acquire 48,000 square feet of built-out space in the
    Globe Building for the William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor Adventure and Discovery
    Center in downtown Detroit.
  • $5 million would be used by the DNRE to acquire public use easements and land acquisitions along the
    Detroit River from the Ambassador Bridge to the MacArthur Bridge as part of a 5-mile-long
    public greenway.
  • $375,000 would be used to acquire a 0.7-mile section of abandoned rail corridor in downtown Detroit that continues the Dequindre Cut north, connecting the Detroit Riverfront to the historic Eastern Market. 

Monday, July 06, 2009

Tricentennial Park Extension

Things are looking good at the wetlands extension between Rivard Plaza and the Harbor. This just might end up being my favorite section of the RiverWalk.






Monday, March 16, 2009

Tricentennial Park

Work continues on the Tricentennial Park extension that will eventually link Rivard Plaza with the harbor and the Dequindre Cut.







Saturday, June 23, 2007

River Days


River Days, originally uploaded by A Dubs.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Rudy in the D


Rudy in the D, originally uploaded by A Dubs.

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Not Quite Ready (Update)

Work continues on Rivard Plaza. Will it be completed in time for River Days?



Rivard Plaza held it's soft opening last Wednesday. By all accounts it has been a huge success. The Plaza is beautiful and there was plenty of traffic between Rivard and Hart Plaza on Saturday. I can only imagine what it will be like once the @water and Water Mark projects have been completed. Hopefully, retail and restaurants won't be far too behind.