  Boshna Member Username: Boshna Post Number: 111 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 141.213.217.188 |
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20060109/NEW S03/601090382/1005/NEWS Couldn't find more info than in the Freep and NY Daily. Anyone know about the building itself? | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 9724 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.118.137.228 |
Well, maybe "some" should have got off their asses and forked over the money to buy the place. Go figure...as I know one old timer out there is thinking "TEAR THAT SCHITT DOWN!" | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 8025 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.228.193.45 |
...and another young'en who wishes he was like the old-timer. | ||
Skulker Member Username: Skulker Post Number: 3357 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.103.104.93 |
I wonder if the same folks concerned about that building are aware of the importance of 1 Woodward in working out many of the details for the WTC and the significant Yamazaki presence on the WSU Campus and whether they are involved in assuring their future as well? That said, it would be a shame to lose both the Parducci and Yamazaki studios in a span of less than 2 years. | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 9726 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.118.137.228 |
Troy and significance in the same sentence? Now THAT is an oxymoron! | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 1721 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.105.140 |
Hmmmmm...... turning it into a center to promote good citizenship..... is there a demand for such a service these days? | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 129.9.163.234 |
That era of buildings are dissapearing fast, and/or being remuddled beyond their original appearance. One huge factor in all this are the crap materials they were built/fronted with. 50 years from today we'll probably have more 1920's buildings around than 50's-60's due to this. Those 60's modern buildings are also at the lower end of the curve of their commercial viability/appreciation factor. The "50's modern" house is all over TV these days (about every other commercial) and the PIXAR movie "The Incredibles" really celebrates this era. | ||
Sumotect Member Username: Sumotect Post Number: 151 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 64.243.32.9 |
I had the pleasure of working in that building, back around 86. Yama didn’t want to see columns in the space. The building is structurally one big room with gigantic trusses spanning from outside wall to outside wall. A great many good buildings came out of that building (as well as some dogs). What I remember most was the great people that worked there, everyone was very talented and nice to me. They also had a sample room that had samples of every stone or marble you could think of. Yama had class. You could see it in the way they detailed the buildings. The lobby had a model of the WTC that had to be 15 feet tall and exquisite. I understand one of the two WTC models was sold recently for several million dollars. | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 771 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 141.216.1.4 |
Exaclty what I was thinking Supersport. What heritage? Darn a piece of crap built in the 60's might get knocked down, oh no. | ||
Llyn Member Username: Llyn Post Number: 1358 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 68.61.197.206 |
Troy... has... heritage??? | ||
Detourdetroit Member Username: Detourdetroit Post Number: 148 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 205.188.116.201 |
I wonder if the folks in Troy have any appreciation for what Detroit loses everyday - and how connected we are. | ||
Crew Member Username: Crew Post Number: 791 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 146.9.52.48 |
You have to appreciate what you have. There are many examples of fine architecture in almost every era. This building in Troy has class and should be preserved. Not every example of excellent architecture was build before WWII. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1098 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 140.244.107.151 |
Hey, the folks out in Troy at the Troy Historical Museum definitely have a sense of what is worth saving!!! Over the years, they've saved a number of historic sites, moving buildings before they are demolished, giving them a permanent home! Check out their Historical Village... http://www.ci.troy.mi.us/parks /museum/ Missing from their Village map is the Church that was moved 2 miles from Troy Corners to the Museum in 2003: http://www.ci.troy.mi.us/parks /museum/ChurchandParsonage.htm l | ||
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 1285 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.250.205.35 |
Gumby, you seem like a nice person so I won't tell you what I'm really thinking. Suffice to say, it is clearly not a piece of crap. And the fact that it is from the 60's shouldn't really be a determining factor in that, either. |
