The architectural beauty of Detroit marches slowly into oblivion.
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I don't recognize the picture. Was that Hudson's?
As Detroit readys itself for superbowl weekend, my daughter who lives there is disqusted with what they have done. They have put up temporary facades on old buildings to make them look better; they have actually put up giagantic tarps to cover up the places that don't look good--we all know where those are; they are making fake snow because the tourist think we should have snow.
The true renovations completed are really great. The rest is fake.
Yeah, but there's no value in having a city full of abandoned buildings.
Hudsons may have been a jewel, but the city screwed that up by putting roadblocks in every developer's way. They're doing the same thing with the old Tiger Stadium. Quite a few developers have tried to develop it, but quickly throw up their hands in disgust and say, "The city government puts so many roadblocks in the way it's not worth it."
Mark, what's happening with the MCS? Is anybody trying to develop it?
Don't know. That story sort of dropped off the map, media-wise. I used to drive past it regularly to and from Mexican Village and Henry Ford Hospital, and the building looked like a wreck. I was hard-pressed to envision the amount of money it would cost to make it usable. Again, I suspect the city waited too long.
The last story I heard suggested that it would indeed cost more to rehabilitate it than to build from scratch. Here's a website that goes on at length about it:
http://www.insidesouthwest.com/michigan_central_depot.htm
Best,
Mark Terry
Very cool Mark. Thanks.
It is a crying shame. These building will pass and be replaced by crap, if at all.
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