  Detroitman Member Username: Detroitman Post Number: 878 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 216.78.48.3 |
BILL MCGRAW MOTOR CITY JOURNAL: It'll be clean, but it'll still be vacant Building to lose art for Super Bowl December 20, 2005 BY BILL McGRAW http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=2005512200348 | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 412 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.42.176.123 |
"Ilitch is working on projects for some of the family's vacant buildings and land, Cullen said, adding: "We have some exciting things to announce" early next year." Hmmmnnn... Don't the Ilitch's own a few buildings on Park near the Town Pump and Centaur? If they do anything with those, that will really set that corridor off. | ||
Mind_field Member Username: Mind_field Post Number: 446 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 209.240.205.61 |
Don't the Ilithes own the Detroit Building behind the Fox? That building is awesome and screaming to be restored. With downtown and midtown's residential real estate boom showing no signs of abating, I'm not surprised the Ilitches are jumping on board, (well maybe a little surprised, but thankful it will finally happen). | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5166 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 209.216.150.127 |
Isn't past tense "snuck"? | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 1907 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.163.181.81 |
AiW, ha! but the more curious use of language imo is in this quote: The building, which is abandoned, is owned by the Ilitch family, whose holdings include the Tigers, Red Wings, Fox Theatre and Little Caesars."Yay Detroit, where prominent propertiy owners can somehow abandon major properties yet still retain ownership! | ||
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto Post Number: 1579 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 216.203.223.79 |
The artists seem to have moved to the abandoned Fisher Body Bldg. on Fort Street/Livernois. | ||
Noggin Member Username: Noggin Post Number: 35 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 68.40.107.240 |
The Illich's got another pass. There would not be anybody sneaking in if it was properly secured and taken care of. | ||
Jmy8 Member Username: Jmy8 Post Number: 2617 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 12.75.23.151 |
"sneaked" is the preferred usage. "Snuck" is simply acceptable. | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 5219 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 208.27.111.125 |
Elitist snob. | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 1390 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 69.220.233.61 |
Itsjeff: Smile when you say, "Elitist snob." | ||
Jmy8 Member Username: Jmy8 Post Number: 2620 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 12.75.52.151 |
Actually, "snuck" smacks of snobbery since English prefers regular verbs (root + -ed ending) as a rule. | ||
Jmy8 Member Username: Jmy8 Post Number: 2621 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 12.75.52.151 |
Well, snobbery as in pronouncing "Bucket," "Boo-kay." | ||
Llyn Member Username: Llyn Post Number: 1316 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 68.61.197.206 |
It's... not pronounced that way? | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 1243 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 208.44.117.10 |
I think the guy who went to the genteel, blue blooded, Virginia gentleman's univeristy should be able to discuss elitist snobbery if he so desires... | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 681 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131 |
Its curious that the article did not mention other holding of the Illich clan, such as the Madison-Lenox or the GAR building. | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 414 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.42.176.123 |
I thought someone else owned the GAR building? | ||
Dnvn522 Member Username: Dnvn522 Post Number: 80 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 204.24.64.25 |
What Madison-Lenox? The one in a landfill somewhere? | ||
The_aram Member Username: The_aram Post Number: 4600 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.31.87 |
Ilitch Holdings does not own the GAR. Also, let's see what direction Ilitch Holdings goes in now that it's being headed up by Atanas. I have a feeling you could be seeing some positive movement on several of their properties. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 682 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131 |
Dnvn, yup. thats the one. E_H, I hope someone can confirm this, I think I read somewhere Illich owns it. I could be wrong. Knowing this board, it will be pointed out soon enough  | ||
Toolbox Member Username: Toolbox Post Number: 790 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 65.196.220.198 |
City Owned. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 683 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131 |
 Sorry | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 1391 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 70.236.180.244 |
LMAO!!! Bart Simpson has spoken! | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 1640 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.81.206 |
Yes it is spelled B-U-C-K-E-T "Boo-kay"... what else could one expect from the "Candlelight Supper Queen" of British Comedy... As for the United Artists Building being on the COVER of the fall edition of PRESERVATION TRUST magazine.... I love it!!! Just another way for the National Trust to show the Ilitch's that they may have gotten away with the demolition of the ML, but they will pay for that misstep.... and in a way that the Ilitch's cannot sue them over it. They ignored the National Trust's president's (Richard Moe) request for a meeting over the ML rehab. Looks like the National Trust is teaching the Ilitch's a thing or two about historic preservation via a national spotlight. And now, just maybe, the Ilitch's finally "get it". Hopefully Atanis Ilitch, the creative Ilitch, will get some buildings restored. But they can forget about getting any more preservation awards from either the National Trust or the Theatre Historical Society. | ||
Sknutson Member Username: Sknutson Post Number: 406 Registered: 03-2004 Posted From: 67.114.23.202 |
If the Ilitch's announce some major project, and I'm drinking my morning coffee when I read about it, I hope its in a beaker and not my Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles on it. I be crushed if I broke a piece of that. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 1641 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.81.206 |
LOL.... Sknutson.... I too would have a similar reaction to an Ilitch restoration announcement.... Only I hope to keep the coffee stains off the "Grade 1 Axminster" carpet, the 3 piece suite (an exact replica of the one at Sandringham House), and the "Herringbone woodblock with its' holiday polish".... and for God's sake don't brush up against those walls!!! But we're not one to make a fuss, no matter how badly it marks or stains! I only hope I can take the social strain of such an Ilitch announcement..... | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 685 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131 |
Even Onslow is praying that something good happens.  |
