Detroit will preview the future of downtown's rebirth, as Mayor Dennis Archer unveils a towering 28-foot illuminated sign of the new Campus Martius development.

The event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 24, 1998 at 10 a.m., on the corner of Monroe Street and Woodward Avenue. This will be the only opportunity to view and photograph the Campus Martius sign with the old Hudson's Building in the background. The city will seal the area at 11 a.m. in preparation of the implosion of the Hudson's Building.

The Campus Martius project, a 9.2 acre, five block site is among of the Midwest's most publicized urban real estate development projects. Campus Martius will fill a void by creating a central business district with office space, retail shops, restaurant and entertainment venues, parking structures and a two-acre park as a centerpiece.

Kern Woodward Associates -- the team chosen to develop Campus Martius, consists of Schostak Brothers & Co., a commercial developer; the Sterling Group, a Detroit-based real estate company and prominent Detroit attorney, Melvin ``Butch'' Hollowell. The architects are Hamilton Anderson Associates and the Urban Design Group.