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DIA outlines cultural-district plaza plan and $35 million underground garage rebuild; fundraising halfway there
Summary
DIA officials told the Detroit City Council the Detroit Cultural Center Association-led plaza project aims to pedestrianize portions of the district and that a planned $35 million repair of the museum's unused underground garage is about half-funded.
Elliot Broom, chief operating officer of the Detroit Institute of Arts, told council members that a multi-institution cultural-district project now managed by the Detroit Cultural Center Association would transform street space near the DIA and rebuild an unused underground parking structure.
Broom said the nonprofit Detroit Cultural Center Association (DCCA), led by Elena Rau, now oversees a project that aims to connect 12 partner institutions in the cultural campus and transform some streets — including Farnsworth…
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