Glad to see the city finally using common sense and willing to spend more money now to complete the upgrade of the plaza then to complete it in sections and have it cost double. Maybe because it's an election year that our Councillors are thinking of future consequences at the polls.

It's a fair design, and initially I was impressed. Of course, I'm one who still believes there's plenty of room to have a slightly sunken north-facing stage, restoring the clean, unobstructed view of the waterfront on days when the stage is not in use (i.e. most days) and welcoming boaters and tempting Detroiters on days when it is in use. I guess I want the riverfront to be a riverfront first and foremost.

Thoughts on these particular drawings:
* It looks like some of the roof will be green (planted) which is nice
* It bothers me that Riverside is depicted without car traffic.
* There appears to be a sidewalk running along Riverside, below the McDougall pavilion. What does it connect to, and why is it separated from the pavilion?
* Is the audience intended to stretch all the way to Glengarry? What will the stage look like from there?
* Will there be no improvements to the parking (i.e. get cars off our riverfront)?
* There doesn't appear to be wheelchair access from the pavilion down to main level.
* It appears most people, even those coming from the pavilion, will be still be approaching the stage from the west, which would be behind it, which is pretty weird.
* It's not clear to me from the drawings how admission will be controlled. Which people in the drawings are there for the show, and which are trying to use the riverfront walking path? Are the fences really all going away?
* The drawings assume the basic use of a simple show, but that's not what we usually have. Usually we have a collection of tents selling various foods, trinkets, or games. At least one drawing should have shown this use of the areas in front of and behind the stage.
* I don't like bait-and-switch. Citizens were told $1 million is what it would take, and now we're told that we should want something that costs $3 million.
* One road I use regularly was “repaved” as a random patchwork quilt, still loaded with potholes. If we can't even fix roads properly, spending money on this seems like misplaced priorities at this time.
* Hopefully someone will make an online 3D model available…

Very bad idea! I don’t know who made these but they suck.

we started…it will be done

this looks great! need wheel chair access instead of that south stair from pavillion