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03/29/2004 Archived Entry: "CCCC"
Like so many others, I am back from CCCC. I really didn't like San Antonio - too Disney Land for me. And I started to get a bit scared when I saw how the city revitalized itself through tourism. What if that happens here in Detroit? It will ruin the city. I don't want a Detroit Riverwalk or a city which sells only the five brands of beer one distributor sells, or Fudruckers and Hardrock as the places to eat, or anything I saw in San Antonio.
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Ya, I remember the good old days of SA, not unlike the good old days of Austin. Everything gets co-opted. I think the last time I was in SA was 2000. It had started getting commerical then. Can't imagine what it is like now.
Posted by B. @ 04/01/2004 12:56 AM EST
Ever since the casinos started up I have been waiting for the neon lights and white tiger shows. and there is already a Fuddrucker's and a Hard Rock Cafe. Next they'll put in that terrible rib place and start selling Motownritas with breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For me Trapper's Alley had much the same feel as the Riverwalk.
Posted by Samantha @ 03/30/2004 09:52 PM EST
How's about "Detroitosphere," an enclosed half-scale pseduo-Detroit, complete with a roller coaster ride and funnel cakes? There could be a ride called "One-Eighth Mile," where you race go carts. Then there can be an ice cream store called "Mootown." it'll have thirty kinds of ice cream AND frozen yogurt.
Posted by j.e. @ 03/29/2004 07:26 PM EST