Talk:Cass Corridor

Wow. Don't yell at me for not having this formatted correctly. I know there's some delicate sensibilities around here. I just had to say something.

Okay, where to start? Is 75 the Southern boundary? So it only runs from MLK to 75. What is that, like, three blocks? The lower corridor maybe. And that's only a colloquialism anyway. Technically, the "Cass Corridor" runs the entire length of Cass Avenue.

"the Cass Corridor is not without its fair share of great places"--Ugh.

The Masonic Temple (billed as the world’s largest), Cass Tech High School (with it’s new building in 2005 it is billed as one of the city’s best)--Citation?

Only a few blocks down and a few decades back stood the headquarters of Creem Magazine (Where?). The predecessor of Rolling Stone and the first rock journal--Nope. Rolling Stone founded 1967. Creem founded 1969.

Detroit's Cass Corridor Ferry Student HousingThe area is again experiencing an era of resurgence. Many of the old commercial buildings are being converted into lofts, and many young people are moving back to the area for a taste of "urban" living. With the hope of changing the area's notorious image, the city renamed the area "Midtown." The locals however, have not taken well to the generic name, and still refer to their neighborhood as the Cass Corridor. --Many problems with this paragaph. The Ferry Student Housing Area? Okay, that would be, what, Ferry at Cass, right? (1) This is far north of the "boundaries" in this article (which, as I've already pointed out, are wrong). (2) What commercial buildings are on this block, other than the ugly white awning thing? (3) Many young people moving back. Okay, fine, I guess. We mean young, white people here, right? Stupid, obvious, overused point on my part, but without a citation, this sentence is, in essence, just the author saying, "Some of my friends from Lakeview High live around here, too now! We go to lots of shows!" (4) "Midtown" is a re-re-branding. The area has been referred to as such for a long, long while (I don't have a citation on that, admittedly, but it's not hard to look up.) Also, what the city defines as the Midtown area (running roughly from I-75 at Woodward to a bit north of the New Center Area and from the Western edge of Eastern Market [call it 75] to Rosa Parks) does not just include the Cass Corridor.


 * OK. Assuming the boundaries are correct, and Ferry is not part of Cass Corridor, then the picture ought to be changed since the picture is of buildings at Cass and Ferry, north of the Cass Corridor. By the way, the party store in the picture used to be a restaurant; and the owner of the restaurant was murdered there. Not sure about citations, but Cass Coridor has long been known in underground circles as heaven for those looking to purchase heroin -- both because of the many places where it can be bought, but also because of the quality of the product. Perhaps something about prostitution. Third Street just north of Third Avenue Hardware was always a popular spot for women to solicit customers. And there is a nice sign on cass around Henry or so that says "no soliciting. Police decoy area." That would probably be a better picture than the one currently here — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.111.64.171 (talk) 01:55, 15 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Ugh, the formatting on that comment... heh, I kid. ;)
 * Joking aside, I had a look, and noticed some odd things in there, so I did a quick google search, and the entire last revision was plagiarized anyway. I agree with your points above, actually, but we're back to the last revision anyway. Some of your comments still exist, but figured I'd mention it since a large part of the article you were looking at isn't there anymore.
 * Secondly, you sound far more informed on the area than I am - feel free to be bold and change things you know are wrong, add citation requests, and so on. Not at all trying to pull the "if you know so well, you do it" thing, just inviting you to jump in. I'll probably come back and do some work on this article, because it looks like it could use it, but you sound to know your stuff with it, so feel free. Unforgiven24 (talk) 23:58, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Nudity Warning Removal
I've removed the nudity warning put on the link to the Tribes of Cass Corridor link, as I think it's explained in WP:NDA, specifically the section "Why they should not be used". I just wanted to explain so it doesn't seem like I'm just being a jerk and undoing edits for no reason. Personally, I think it's reasonable to have a subtle warning, but meh, I am but a mere editor. Unforgiven24 (talk) 22:43, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Violent and other Crime edits
If someone really would like to add some text on the topic of crime in Cass Corridor, I really think it needs to be in the neutral form of referenced crime statistics, rather than a dire warning or a "visitor's guide" sort of thing. Unforgiven24 Talk|Contribs 21:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)