  Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 10489 Registered: 10-2003 |
About time. | ||
Jmarx Member Username: Jmarx Post Number: 30 Registered: 01-2005 |
I don't see anything in this article saying that demolition has begun? (not to say it won't) | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 315 Registered: 06-2007 |
Holy crap..they just changed the article. It said demolition had begun Monday morning. I'm not crazy! please tell me someone else read it, too. WTF | ||
Waz Member Username: Waz Post Number: 217 Registered: 11-2006 |
The demo can't start yet. Gotta give people some time to pick up their $500 urinals ($640 after all the taxes and fees). How's that saying go about a fool and his money? (Message edited by waz on October 15, 2007) | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 10491 Registered: 10-2003 |
kid - I saw the article when it said demolition. There is a lot of prep for demolition so that may be what is being done. | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 316 Registered: 06-2007 |
damn..sorry about the misinformation on the link. I thought I could delete the thread, but I ended up only deleting my post with the link on it. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 1825 Registered: 10-2006 |
Can you relink it, or is the whole story now gone? | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 317 Registered: 06-2007 |
http://www.clickondetroit.com/ news/14342977/detail.html Here's the link. The story was originally very short, and just basically stated that it had begun today. What is on the link now is a completely different story. | ||
Jmarx Member Username: Jmarx Post Number: 31 Registered: 01-2005 |
I just read a post on another chatboard that there was a crane at the site and they were taking the letters "TIGER STADIUM" down.... | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 6677 Registered: 02-2004 |
The demolition of Tiger Stadium will not begin until somewhat the end of the year. A fence barrier must be put up before construction begin. | ||
Tigersfan9 Member Username: Tigersfan9 Post Number: 122 Registered: 03-2005 |
Does anyone have pictures of the work being done today? The WDIV web page showed the "TIGER STADIUM" lettering being removed from the facade. Also, has anyone been in to pick up an auction item? I'm wondering how it's being handled, if anyone has any pics of what the Stadium looks like with a lot of the seats removed. | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 2898 Registered: 02-2007 |
The "Tiger Stadium" letters are going, I believe, to the DHM | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 1827 Registered: 10-2006 |
I always love articles that tell you to click on the link for a larger image only to give you one that is about 5% bigger. | ||
Jmarx Member Username: Jmarx Post Number: 33 Registered: 01-2005 |
Tigersfan9, to see recent pics of the stadium, search "tigers9282007" at www.flickr.com | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 952 Registered: 11-2005 |
The end is near. They also took the paneling that was above the office entrance. Not sure why. The paint had peeled so badly on it that you could see the old Tigers logo under the current one. The letters are all gone from the Trumbull side. There are still a few on the Michigan side. Not sure why they left them. Maybe it was quitting time. Maybe they were struggling to get them down. Other than that, no major changes to the outside of the park. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 953 Registered: 11-2005 |
Here's what we have to look forward to. Demolition video and stills from Comiskey Park in Chicago. Skip to the 1-minute mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =32yOBx2njqU | ||
Eric Member Username: Eric Post Number: 963 Registered: 11-2004 |
Nonprofit submits plans for saving part of Tiger Stadium http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20071017/NEWS01/ 71017086/1001 | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 1652 Registered: 03-2006 |
i saw in last friday, all of the seats were gone and there were crews al over the field | ||
Catman_dude Member Username: Catman_dude Post Number: 239 Registered: 03-2006 |
I wonder if any of those crew are taking any pictures and/or videos of the progress of the demolition? | ||
Jmarx Member Username: Jmarx Post Number: 34 Registered: 01-2005 |
What I don't understand is why the nonprofit that is attempting to save TS just doesn't put up a website and ask for donations...(they could put goals, Ie. we raise $xx amount and we can save xxx, etc). If so many people want to save the stadium, they should be able to contribute to the efforts financially... | ||
Harpernottingham Member Username: Harpernottingham Post Number: 293 Registered: 04-2006 |
At least Comiskey kept its seats green. Blue and orange ... nice goin', Jim Campbell. | ||
Civilprotectionunit4346 Member Username: Civilprotectionunit4346 Post Number: 542 Registered: 06-2007 |
I know a group from a Flickr photogroup went there recently...Most of them where no talent hacks with no real appreciation for the stadium... I saw one of them trying to sell their half-assed pictures on myspace. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 2952 Registered: 06-2004 |
hack #1? hack #2?  | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 258 Registered: 08-2006 |
Civil, what you got against the flickr gang? "no real appreciation for the stadium"? How could you know that? | ||
Mcwalbucksnfitch Member Username: Mcwalbucksnfitch Post Number: 64 Registered: 10-2006 |
I smell worms | ||
Nickstone Member Username: Nickstone Post Number: 14 Registered: 02-2006 |
I live a block away and have seen no demolition... I will, however, be happy to see it, as long as it doesn't result in a new wal-mart ha ha ha... | ||
Nickstone Member Username: Nickstone Post Number: 15 Registered: 02-2006 |
Oh sorry after reading the posts I guess it is what it is... que sera sera... corktown deserves better than abandoned used-to-be-glory... corktown is coming back pretty well... rental rates are going up, remodeling is really prevalent... TS is a disaster at this point... | ||
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit Post Number: 1226 Registered: 11-2003 |
MCS is more of a disaster for Corktown than TS is. | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1380 Registered: 11-2004 |
Yeah, but TS is something they actually have some semblance of control over. Not to mention it's more in the center of the neighborhood while MCS is more on the boundary. I'd argue that a derelict TS is a bigger hurdle for development in Corktown than the MCS in its current state. Nobody is holding onto surface parking lots waiting to see what happens with MCS. | ||
Civilprotectionunit4346 Member Username: Civilprotectionunit4346 Post Number: 544 Registered: 06-2007 |
Reason why I saw that is most of them art dumb ass artsy fartsy photoggers! If you like there work then so be it. Me & my friends have more appreciation for the place then they did. Most of them got to go because they where nice little brown nosers... Speaking of which there's that one mentioned about on myspace. I just think there was alot of people left outta the whole outting that deserved to go along as well. But they deceided to take people who where the most brown nosers on the Flickr group. I'd hate to see a Walmart put in it's place. But with the way society is now...it's be either that, a walgreens, cvs, rite-aid, target or some other logo feces place. I understand the city needs some stores, but I think places like that undermine most areas. |
