  Pinewood73 Member Username: Pinewood73 Post Number: 57 Registered: 07-2006 |
Found a good website that has pics of the Hotel Vermont taken before it was demolished a couple of months ago. Enjoy! http://brnation.d2sector.net/u e/detroit_michigan_hotel_vermo nt.html | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 1962 Registered: 04-2005 |
I really liked the Little Caesars Pizza box in one of the photos. | ||
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine Post Number: 346 Registered: 04-2004 |
Nice photos. I always wondered what the inside of that place looked like. I'm happy someone took the time to get inside to snap some pictures and post them. | ||
Revaldullton Member Username: Revaldullton Post Number: 238 Registered: 07-2007 |
WoW! talk about making a few bucks on Ebay. I certainly hope you did not pass up all those treasures. the good rev Wonderful info by the way | ||
Terridarlin Member Username: Terridarlin Post Number: 24 Registered: 02-2007 |
Wonderful but gut-wrenching pictures of the Hotel Vermont, especially touching are the old family photos left behind in a room. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 823 Registered: 01-2007 |
Pinewood73, I like your work, a potag after my own heart. Thank you for taking the last shots of a building that now only exists in cyberspace. It is sad how easily such a Detroit time capsule is discarded into the heap. I have to ask: did you save anything? The Vermont calendar caught my eye, as well as the photos in the drawer. I have been collecting scads of these discarded photos over the years. It is so sad when what was once so important to someone is so easily thrown out. Thanks again for the fine photo essay, and you’re caring enough about it to take the time. If you ever need back-up... | ||
Pinewood73 Member Username: Pinewood73 Post Number: 58 Registered: 07-2006 |
Bulletmagnet, Thanks for the comments, but I can't take the credit. I was just surfing the net trying to find articles on the Hotel Vermont when I found the website. Everytime I went to a Tiger game at Comerica, I always wondered what that place looked like inside. I'm glad someone took the time and took some great photos. By the way, there are many other picture sets on the main page. Packard Plant, Fisher Body, Film Exchange Building, Michigan Central Station and many others. http://brnation.d2sector.net/d etroit_ue.htm | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 825 Registered: 01-2007 |
Thanks Pinewood73. Waaaay friggin' cool! These cats are like thieves in the night, except they don't seem bent on steeling anything. I like it! | ||
Ookpik Member Username: Ookpik Post Number: 292 Registered: 01-2007 |
 Hotel Vermont - Back in the day. Ookpik | ||
Revaldullton Member Username: Revaldullton Post Number: 241 Registered: 07-2007 |
Oh, I did'nt realize you had more to share with us. Very nice work documenting lost cities structures. the good rev | ||
Revaldullton Member Username: Revaldullton Post Number: 242 Registered: 07-2007 |
Um Pinewood, just one more thing. I noticed in many of your photographs that there is asbestos all around these buildings in really porr condition and more than likely you are breathing airborne particles due to this. You can purchase an inexpensive half face 3m respirator from any hardware but be sure that the filters are NIOSH & OSHA APPROVED for asbestos fibers. A lead paint attachment to those filters would do some good also Just fyi , your health is important as is your work. the good rev | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 3979 Registered: 10-2003 |
The interior shots have the appearance of long term squatter / homeless camps I have encountered over the years. If they are secure enough for long term habitation as these appear to be, they get personalized, just like any bedroom... become home. That makes them very touching, sad and happy all at once, each one telling a story. Here is the Vermont / Tremont in Oct. 2002.  | ||
Kathinozarks Member Username: Kathinozarks Post Number: 642 Registered: 11-2006 |
Well, I just spent the last hour looking at pictures. Way cool site. Thanks for sharing Pinewood! | ||
Kslice Member Username: Kslice Post Number: 103 Registered: 04-2007 |
Sweet site! Real good pictures and captions. Too bad a great old place like that couldn't be saved but like he said "Mike Illitch tends to favour demolishing buildings quick so that no one gets in his way"... Keep the red wings at the JOE!!! | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 831 Registered: 01-2007 |
Thanks Ookpik and Lowell. Nice companions to the above. Ookpik, we need more of "Where is this..." stuff. I miss the fun! | ||
Pinewood73 Member Username: Pinewood73 Post Number: 59 Registered: 07-2006 |
Revaldulton, Thanks for your concern, I can't take credit for the Vermont Pictures on that website, but I can for this pic that I took before the 2005 All-Star Game at Comerica.  Thanks Ookpik and Lowell for your pics. One thing I always wondered was why does it say "Hotel Tremont" on the side? In Ookpik's earlier picture is says "Hotel Vermont" BTW- Ookpik that would've been wayyyyy too easy for this forum to guess that pic (lol). | ||
Revaldullton Member Username: Revaldullton Post Number: 259 Registered: 07-2007 |
Pinewood glad to hear. Just for future reference,most times%99 of the time when you see that ratty white cloth insulation on or white cardboard insulation on pipes it is asbestos. On boilers also. Another common form of friable asbesto is spray on fire proofing such as on steel beams, columns and ceilings. Its always handy to have a half way decent respirator with you. Please Keep the photos coming. Your site is great. the good rev | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 1697 Registered: 01-2004 |
"and more than likely you are breathing airborne particles due to this." you can see the airborne particulate in the photos. | ||
Revaldullton Member Username: Revaldullton Post Number: 262 Registered: 07-2007 |
ouch, that I didnt notice the good rev | ||
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine Post Number: 348 Registered: 04-2004 |
Dang people, read what people type to avoid confusion. Pinewood has clarified 3 times already. Furthermore, let asbestos be the least of the worries when going in abandoned buildings. So many people fret over minor asbestos exposure as some life threatening situation when the higher risks are mold or getting cut and having an infection, or encountering so | ||
Revaldullton Member Username: Revaldullton Post Number: 274 Registered: 07-2007 |
I read what he wrote. I am only giving him advice on what to avoid when he personally does his own exploring. And others. And thanx for adding the mold. That completely slipped my mind. that is all. goodnes gracious the good rev (Message edited by revaldullton on July 15, 2007) | ||
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine Post Number: 349 Registered: 04-2004 |
I was talking about him constantly being credited for that website, which he has continuously denied. | ||
Erikto Member Username: Erikto Post Number: 563 Registered: 11-2003 |
I read on a Newfoundland "Ruins/ Exploration" site that pigeon droppings are also really bad news. They can apparently release toxic spores if the droppings are disturbed after a long period. I can't remember the address of the site where I saw this. | ||
Revaldullton Member Username: Revaldullton Post Number: 278 Registered: 07-2007 |
yes, pigeon droppings are toxic good catch forgot about that also. any others? the good rev |
