Velma Member Username: Velma
Post Number: 2792 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.78.185.190
| Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 11:59 am: | |
There are some guys inside scraping the paint off the windows. So who knows something? |
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies
Post Number: 1421 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 129.9.163.106
| Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 12:02 pm: | |
Velma hasn't been paying attention. https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/5/61509.html?1134407349 |
Wilus1mj Member Username: Wilus1mj
Post Number: 11 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 216.111.89.3
| Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 12:14 pm: | |
My view from my Parking spot for Tigers Games will never be the same....maybe soon it will become a bigger parking lot. |
Velma Member Username: Velma
Post Number: 2793 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.78.185.190
| Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 12:18 pm: | |
I see a lot of words on the other thread, but no one appears to be saying much of anything. ;-) |
Mind_field Member Username: Mind_field
Post Number: 439 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 209.240.205.61
| Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 3:48 pm: | |
Probably clean up for the super bowl. I'd be really surprised if this building was being prepped for renovation. Hopefully, this is a result of stepped up enforcement of blight ordinances. |
Dnvn522 Member Username: Dnvn522
Post Number: 71 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 204.24.64.25
| Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 4:11 pm: | |
I personally think it looks better with the painted windows. |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 1616 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.81.125
| Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 6:00 pm: | |
Like I mentioned on the Fine Arts/Adams Theatre thread.... it will be difficult for Ilitch to show off his entertainment empire to Superbowl millionaires/billionaires if it is interspersed with his "untouched" slumlord collection. |
Fnemecek
Member Username: Fnemecek
Post Number: 1371 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 70.227.12.74
| Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 6:11 pm: | |
For those Forumers who always ask for pics...
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Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 1618 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.81.125
| Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 6:15 pm: | |
When they remodeled the UA back in the 30's or 40's, they took off the old ornate veneer of bricks/terra cotta, and put up a "modern" veneer. It is that slipshod modern veneer that has been peeling away for the last 25 years. |
Bvos Member Username: Bvos
Post Number: 1146 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.227.207.200
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:00 am: | |
Have to agree that those windows were great to look at. It had to be one of the largest renegade public artworks on an abandoned building in the world (another Cool Cities marketing claim Detroit can have). They should have taken the windows out and saved the artwork instead of scraping it off. But off course that would require you to want to save the building and actually care about art... |
Psip
Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 648 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:05 am: | |
At least they are not removing the windows. That is their normal modus operendi. Maybe there is hope for the building. |
623kraw
Member Username: 623kraw
Post Number: 711 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.224.200
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 5:04 am: | |
That's one hell of lot of scraping...
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Broken_main Member Username: Broken_main
Post Number: 495 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 198.109.44.2
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 7:16 am: | |
Just looking at this building has me thinking..."what a grand building!!" What would you do with this building if it were given to you??? (Message edited by broken_main on December 15, 2005) |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 1567 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.2.148.36
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:30 am: | |
I would buy a corn stove or two.... I liked the painted windows too. I suspect that the ambitious person who painted them will be back... |
623kraw
Member Username: 623kraw
Post Number: 712 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.224.200
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:38 am: | |
What else? Leave the painted windows in and turn it into lofts. |
Dnvn522 Member Username: Dnvn522
Post Number: 72 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 204.24.64.25
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 9:45 am: | |
"What would you do with this building if it were given to you???" Nothing, since I don't have any money. But if I had $100 million, I'd renovate it. |
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 693 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 198.208.159.18
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 11:25 am: | |
i would occupy the top two floors. every thing below would be stripped to the bare structure....it would look so cool |
Northend Member Username: Northend
Post Number: 478 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 69.212.227.66
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 11:27 am: | |
probably implode it and build a four-story parking structure |
Dnvn522 Member Username: Dnvn522
Post Number: 74 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 204.24.64.25
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 11:32 am: | |
A surface lot would look nicer. ;) |
Northend Member Username: Northend
Post Number: 479 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 69.212.227.66
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 11:34 am: | |
let me check w/ M. Ilitch see what he thinks |
Crew Member Username: Crew
Post Number: 766 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 146.9.52.17
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 11:35 am: | |
Northend, what do you have against gravel? |
Dnvn522 Member Username: Dnvn522
Post Number: 75 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 204.24.64.25
| Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 11:35 am: | |
I'm sure he'd agree with me! LOL |