Interesting, I had no idea the city turned down Iacoca. Talk about a short-sighted move. Thirty more years of deterioration for the building and the city and it's that harder to get it going again.
That said, Corktown (the neighborhood surrounding MCS), at least on US12/Michigan Ave, is coming around and downtown itself is thriving. I could easily see the next Q-line between downtown and MCS with a higher-end transit line to Dearborn and/or the airport.
Can you imagine how much better off Corktown would be if 2,500 Chrysler workers had been present since 1985? That was a really rough area. The first time I visited was around 2002 when it was at its worst. There were no windows, literally none, in place. There were no fences. The bums and vandals had thoroughly had their way with the building. The surrounding neighborhood was downright bleak - I wouldn't call it scary, because it was too desolate to be scary. Scary requires people. Today, the windows have been replaced and fences surround the building in an attempt to make the building look like something other than a post-WWII Dresden motif.
PS I'm so amped to see this!
The new Acela: It's not Aveliable.