low class?

How is an 8 screen digital state of the art movie complex that would cost millions of dollars to build low class? Maybe you are afraid that some "low Class" people with disposable income might spend some of it here. I bet a lot of the local businesses would like some of that "low class" spin off money coming into there businesses. Let alone the vacnt buildings that would become occupied quickly.

let them eat cake just eat it on the other side of Mack or 9 mile right gp for life?

Well, as I understand the obesity and diabetes epidemics in the country and how they relate to socioeconomic stratas, I would say they shouldn't be eating cake anywhere.

do your research the "cake" referred to in the famous quote was referring to the cake created under cooking ovens, not the sweet treat.

Really????? This is why I don't say "I'm from Grosse Pointe", even tho' I've lived here my whole life.

Couldn't agree more. Community theater is absurd. And Bob even if people really do enjoy watching live theater it certainly isn't going to be the low caliber of community theater. You will pretty much draw family and friends which isn't supporting a structure of that size.

this is so spot on you ought to consider a blog. I am so tired of the htpocrisy that keeps this community 25 years behind. I get culture and the quaintness to the slowness where we live but we are all spending our disposable income everywhere but here. I bet 90 percent of the disdain for this project is the worry of non pointers spending money here. As far as loitering extra police assistance could have been worked into the cost obligation of the developers. You want cool restaurants you need a draw and community theatre wont do it folks!

Chad, your description is really off the mark. I'm from GP, chose to move back to GP, and yet my life is nothing like you describe. We spend our weekends in Detroit--hardly the bubble you seem to think we live in. I'm thrilled to enjoy a movie at the DFT, dinner at Roast, or a beautiful afternoon at the Tashmoo Biergarten. We can get to Belle Isle or Eastern Market in 15 minutes. Isolating yourself in the suburbs of Oakland County is equally as close-minded as your innaccurate description of my experience in GP.

Chad: I don't know too many people who sit around talking about high school. I'm still friends with all of my high school buddies most of whom i've known since elementary school. I think rather than call us "boring" and "still living in the past" i would rather refer to them as really good friends. BTW: Not all people in Grosse Pointe are rich like Donal Trump.

Well Chad to your response to Bill and Wendy I would say no that wasn't the whole point you were trying to make. You were making ridiculous assumptions that everyone who lives in GP is stuck in the past and essentially has no life on top of being elitist snobs. Which I'm sorry is absolutely unfair and sounds like you went to school with losers is your problem. As far as nightlife nobody can argue your point. There is not much to offer aside from The Hill or the Park bars that are not very nice. However, I will take Lake St Clair and the proximity downtown every day of the week and twice on Sunday over the "amazing" nightlife in the Birmingham/Royal Oak area. Also, it makes a difference where you are in your life. I'm married and have a kid on the way so the hopping nightlife isn't as important as it used to be.

"movie theatres had their chance, they're all gone and have been for years" is absurd. first, times, residents and demographics change. because something failed in a location 20 years ago is no reason to not revisit it. with that thinking there should have never been another clothing store allowed to open after Jacobsons closed or now that Burger Pointe is gone we shouldn't allow the new crepe restaurant to move in. i'm all for "quality of life" issues but if you're going to alienate the "outsiders" then there might as well be a gate under the Welcome To Grosse Pointe sign where we have to show identification.

Bill and Wendy, I do all of those same things as well. I love to venture out of my Oakland County Bubble and head downtown, to Belle, etc. The point I was making/asking is what do you do at night in Grosse Pointe? I am talking downtown GP. You have two options: Vil Grille or City Kitchen. Wow, how enticing! Grosse Pointe has absolutely zero nightlife or anything fun/exciting open past 8 pm because the residents are so adamant about leaving it the way it is. GP doesn't need any rockin' dance/nightclubs, but a classy place like Dick O'Dow's in Birmingham, or a Bar Louie would be nice to go to on a night where you just want to catch the game. It is so nice living in a city like Birmingham where you can walk around on a nice spring evening and most places are popping past 8. Not too long ago there was an alleged proposal to turn Jacobson's into a six story building with a J Crew, California Pizza Kitchen, a gym, and condos. That would have made a killing in GP and would have brought in a ton of money. But the city council and its residents were too worried about how it will attract "non residents." Our kids are getting older by the minute and pretty soon they will be forced to decide whether or not they will stay and raise their kids in GP. And let me tell you, it is not looking too promising.

I can't agree with you on the popcorn. Movie theater popcorn rocks.

settle down, whitey..."outsiders" was intended to mean exactly what it says: people from outside of Grosse Pointe. last time i checked not everyone from outside of Grosse Pointe was of a different race but merely someone that does not live inside the borders of any of the Pointes. you're reading something into my comment that was NEVER meant to be. "when did i say "outsiders" and make this a race issue?"...sheesh, someone's always looking to turn stuff into a racial debate even when it clearly isn't. (and that "whitey" remark IS A JOKE, take your hands away from the keyboard)

Where do you watch movies? I worked for Star years ago and EVERY one of them popped fresh daily IN the middle of the lobby. Emagine does too - every one I have been to has poppers making fresh popcorn behind the concession counter. I do not frequent AMC (non-Star AMCs) or MJR so one of those must be where you are going.