  Rax Member Username: Rax Post Number: 402 Registered: 11-2007 |
Not sure when Bookies will finally close up shop. But it will be soon I'd imagine. I hear they are trying to purchase another space. | ||
Shark Member Username: Shark Post Number: 436 Registered: 12-2003 |
They are going to need so much plywood for that building... | ||
Pcasey Member Username: Pcasey Post Number: 47 Registered: 06-2008 |
Source?? Pics?? | ||
Higgs1634 Member Username: Higgs1634 Post Number: 517 Registered: 10-2005 |
when does the window graffiti start..any bets? | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 1766 Registered: 11-2003 |
Rax will soon learn about citing without sources :-D Anyone remember that restaurant called Rax? It was like Rally's/Checkers but in Ohio. | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2379 Registered: 09-2007 |
"Anyone remember that restaurant called Rax? It was like Rally's/Checkers but in Ohio." RANDOM!  | ||
Izzadore Member Username: Izzadore Post Number: 140 Registered: 11-2006 |
Rax was Nasty! Didn't they get bought by Shoneys? | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 1767 Registered: 11-2003 |
lol.. I know it was random, but the original posters name is Rax so it triggered a thought from my childhood in the 80s lol. | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2382 Registered: 09-2007 |
Oh, how can the Book Building be shuttered if it was never constructed? | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 1768 Registered: 11-2003 |
^ lol...I was gonna say something like that but didn't want to seem trivial lol. Anyway a lil wiki-du jour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R ax_Restaurants | ||
Digitalvision Member Username: Digitalvision Post Number: 884 Registered: 11-2003 |
Although expected if it is true, it is sad. Place has amazing views. | ||
401don Member Username: 401don Post Number: 562 Registered: 11-2007 |
It doesn't exactly project a positive image to the Book Caddy clientele or anyone considering development on Washington. Someone needs to powerwash and then direct some light on the exterior of the first several floors. | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 11808 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: You are mistaken. The Book Building most certainly exists, as does the Book Tower. The last phase was the part that wasn't constructed, which would have been a second tower on the other end of the block. | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2383 Registered: 09-2007 |
"You are mistaken. The Book Building most certainly exists, as does the Book Tower. The last phase was the part that wasn't constructed, which would have been a second tower on the other end of the block." You missed the whole joke, so just spare me your speech... | ||
Spiritofdetroit Member Username: Spiritofdetroit Post Number: 991 Registered: 11-2006 |
Well Urbanize, the Book Building does exist. Funny little mind you've got there. Quite intriguing and sometimes entertaining | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 1360 Registered: 08-2007 |
quote: guess I missed it too. Care to fill the rest of us in? | ||
Detmi7mile Member Username: Detmi7mile Post Number: 68 Registered: 12-2007 |
LOL...I didn't miss it. Supersport, the joke is right in your reply. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 1184 Registered: 01-2006 |
All the owners have to do is employ 2 3-person security teams to watch the building. Place them in the lobby and make sure the elevators and stairwells are secured, preventing access to the upper floors. A little spending now will prevent the building from losing its value. It is just common sense, and I'm not sure why 23 year old me can figure this out, but the geniuses that own these buildings cant figure it out. | ||
Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man Post Number: 1085 Registered: 11-2003 |
Detroitstar, it is because you are a genius in figuring that the building has any value whatsoever.....it does not. | ||
Rax Member Username: Rax Post Number: 412 Registered: 11-2007 |
I wonder what the tab on the 24 hour/7 days per week Broderick Tower 3 man security team would be after 20+ years? | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2388 Registered: 09-2007 |
"guess I missed it too. Care to fill the rest of us in?" There's no sense in trying to explain anything to people with bad taste in humor. | ||
Rax Member Username: Rax Post Number: 413 Registered: 11-2007 |
LOL! | ||
Rjlj Member Username: Rjlj Post Number: 573 Registered: 11-2003 |
Detroitstar, Do you plan on paying for the security guards or are you going to volunteer your time? You can't hire guards if you don't have money. | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 1421 Registered: 11-2003 |
Rax wrote, "I wonder what the tab on the 24 hour/7 days per week Broderick Tower 3 man security team would be after 20+ years?" Probably not as much as the cost of repairing 20+ years of vandalism. | ||
Rax Member Username: Rax Post Number: 414 Registered: 11-2007 |
Who says it will get repaired? | ||
Flyingj Member Username: Flyingj Post Number: 219 Registered: 08-2006 |
Rax were in L.A., I knew a rather unimpressive guy who's father was the franchisee. Given their history, it makes sense that the fare was Burger Chef gone Arby's. And we all know what happend to Burger Chef | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 1422 Registered: 11-2003 |
I'm not saying anything's going to get repaired. But if a closed building is worth keeping around, it's worth having a responsible security guard presence. | ||
Rax Member Username: Rax Post Number: 416 Registered: 11-2007 |
True. But you are no Michael Higgins. | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2390 Registered: 09-2007 |
"Rax were in L.A., I knew a rather unimpressive guy who's father was the franchisee. Given their history, it makes sense that the fare was Burger Chef gone Arby's. And we all know what happend to Burger Chef" So you're saying that Rax will eventually fade into history because of poor management? Like Big Boys & Hot N' Now in SE Michigan, Rax should fare well as a local chain. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 7012 Registered: 08-2004 |
... and here's a pic to go along with that lame joke...  |
