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Old 04-07-2009, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Southeast Missouri
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http://www.detnews.com/article/20090407/METRO/904070421/Detroit+Council+votes+to+demolish+Michigan+Central +Depot++charge+owner (broken link)

Council: Tear down depot on owner's dime



http://www.freep.com/article/20090407/NEWS01/90407070/Council++Tear+down+depot+on+owner+s+dime (broken link)
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Old 04-07-2009, 02:51 PM
 
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This breaks my heart.
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Old 04-07-2009, 03:15 PM
 
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Maybe it will kick the owner in the ass to develop it into something. With all this talk about trains and light rail springing up in SE Mich, they might as well have a train going there, no?
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Old 04-07-2009, 03:20 PM
 
Location: Grosse Ile Michigan
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No. It makes good sense. Detroit really neads a few more empty lots filled with rubble. Besides, if someone comes along later and wants to do something with it and turn it into a landmark that will restore some of Detroit's charm, they can always just put it back.
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Old 04-07-2009, 03:21 PM
 
Location: Grosse Ile Michigan
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There are far worse eyesores that they need to remove from Detroit.
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Old 04-07-2009, 03:55 PM
 
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There are far worse eyesores that they need to remove from Detroit.
Yeah like the City Council
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Old 04-07-2009, 08:10 PM
 
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It's not written in stone that they are going to demo it yet. They still need over $3 million dollars to do the job, and they don't have that money in their hands yet.

I agree, this money should be used for something else, not making another rubble pit.
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Old 04-07-2009, 08:45 PM
 
Location: Michigan--good on the rocks
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This is one of the saddest buildings in Detroit. Once beautiful...

Just as a point of reference, this cost represents about 1/3 of what King Kwame cost the city to cover up his infidelities.
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Old 04-07-2009, 09:17 PM
 
Location: Grosse Ile Michigan
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Yeah like the City Council

Lets start a campaign: "Demolish the council, preserve the depot"

The depot adds more to Detroit than the council does.
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Old 04-07-2009, 11:45 PM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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Lets start a campaign: "Demolish the council, preserve the depot"

The depot adds more to Detroit than the council does.
no kidding.

why, after 21 years abandonment, is demolishing MCS a priority?
i don't get it.
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