  Flybydon Member Username: Flybydon Post Number: 235 Registered: 01-2005 |
The week of July 13, 2008      | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3397 Registered: 01-2005 |
Sigh. Used to be 440 feet to dead center field. Guess it's a lot further, now. Great photos as always, Don. Thank you for posting them. | ||
Flybydon Member Username: Flybydon Post Number: 237 Registered: 01-2005 |
Thanks Ray. Good to see all is well with you KQA414 | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2931 Registered: 10-2003 |
Thanks, Don. These photos provide a unique perspective!! Dave and I went down to the stadium yesterday and walked the perimeter and took a few photos. I expect we'll be back periodically to document the progress. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2456 Registered: 01-2006 |
"Dead center," indeed... | ||
401don Member Username: 401don Post Number: 639 Registered: 11-2007 |
More like the "gap" in left-center. | ||
Mallory Member Username: Mallory Post Number: 271 Registered: 05-2006 |
Now that I think about it, the Bud sign would make a great garage door. Can someone save it for me? | ||
Kcjacoby Member Username: Kcjacoby Post Number: 1 Registered: 07-2008 |
Hey everyone... I just wanted to share some of the lucky timing I had this previous weekend. All I'm going to say is that the gates were open  http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcjacoby/sets/72157606177858038/ I have some more pictures coming up... But I need do some editing. Check out my other stuff at http://www.flickr.com/photos/k cjacoby/ (Message edited by kcjacoby on July 15, 2008) (Message edited by kcjacoby on July 15, 2008) | ||
Richard_bak Member Username: Richard_bak Post Number: 61 Registered: 04-2008 |
Good stuff, Ken. Book's progressing nicely.... BTW, was the flag still flying on the pole? | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2933 Registered: 10-2003 |
When we were at the Stadium on Saturday afternoon around 4pm or so, the flag was being raised and waving in the breeze. A nice touch!! | ||
Richard_bak Member Username: Richard_bak Post Number: 62 Registered: 04-2008 |
The flag should have been flying all the time the stadium was closed, but of course that would have required a little effort on the part of somebody "guarding" or "maintaining" the stadium. Hard hats off to the contractors who are probably responsible for hoisting it one last time. It adds a poignant touch to a distressing scene. | ||
Kcjacoby Member Username: Kcjacoby Post Number: 2 Registered: 07-2008 |
Great to hear that Richard!••• And yes, even as Kathleen said.. the flag is waving tall. Sue had gotten some pictures from Sunday. Ted said you might be interested in some of these pictures... want me to send them your way? | ||
Border5150 Member Username: Border5150 Post Number: 211 Registered: 03-2004 |
My understanding is that the flag will remain flying through the entire demolition. Beyond that, Im not sure. | ||
Richard_bak Member Username: Richard_bak Post Number: 63 Registered: 04-2008 |
Ken...please send them. I'm looking forward to seeing everybody's pix. Paul shot some, as well as Sue and Allen Kirk? | ||
Richard_bak Member Username: Richard_bak Post Number: 64 Registered: 04-2008 |
OK, I'm a little mixed up...I meant Kirk Allen, not Allen Kirk. Or was it Allan Machielse? Jeezus, dementia is slowly setting in......Soon I'll be calling both of them Allen Park. | ||
Kcjacoby Member Username: Kcjacoby Post Number: 3 Registered: 07-2008 |
Yes, Myself, Paul and Kirk from the original group were there. Mike was someone that wasn't from the original group, but he was in there with us too. I'll tell them to send them your way. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 1313 Registered: 11-2005 |
BuildingsofDetroit.com has added a slew of historic photos, demolition photos and photos from inside the park last fall before they started destroying it. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3399 Registered: 01-2005 |
Thanks, Don. All is well. Wife and I are heading back for MI in August to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary, but we'll only be in Detroit a couple of days. Heading for the Grand Traverse Bay area for two weeks after that. Going into Detroit just breaks my heart any more, so I cut it short. | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 2970 Registered: 01-2004 |
Heres some from yesterday. http://www.detroitfunk.com/200 8/07/the_corner.html I had the odd experience of going from the demo site to standing at home plate at Comerica just a few minutes later. Surreal. I started the day shaking hands with L. Brooks Patterson, and then was at Tiger Stadium, then ended at Comerica, shaking hands with Bob Ficano. Talk about ironic days. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 1317 Registered: 11-2005 |
How'd you get those shows through the fence? They seemed to have patched all the holes and tightened the seams with zip ties. | ||
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle Post Number: 467 Registered: 10-2006 |
Took a look yesterday on my way to Slows. They sure are making quick work of her. | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 2974 Registered: 01-2004 |
"How'd you get those shows through the fence?" I didnt shoot through the fence Flyby - you are the GOD of dphotography ! | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 1247 Registered: 01-2006 |
I think it is absolutely absurd that they have a security guard to yell at people for taking pictures through holes in the fence. Yesterday I watched as a 10 year old was harshly yelled at for touching the fence while peeking through a seam. When his father asked what the problem was, the security guard said "this fence is private property. If you touch it you are trespassing." | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 2978 Registered: 01-2004 |
That sux. Guards get bored and start to behave poorly. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 1329 Registered: 11-2005 |
Just have someone go over and "touch the fence" and have a friend let the air out of the guard's tires when he goes over to confront. I also got yelled at for crossing the sidewalk to take a photo at the corner of the Fisher and Trumbull. Apparently, there was an imaginary line there I was supposed to know about. They've since put up yellow tape. I couldn't care less that this buffoon yelled at me, but I'm not a 10-year-old kid. That's inexcusable. (Message edited by rhymeswithrawk on July 19, 2008) | ||
Vivadetroit Member Username: Vivadetroit Post Number: 43 Registered: 04-2008 |
Took some pictures that I thought you guys might like. I can't figure out how to paste pix to the post, so here's my photobucket link: http://photobucket.com/riptige rstadium | ||
Chalu64 Member Username: Chalu64 Post Number: 248 Registered: 08-2005 |
Viva, awesome shots. Did you get on the other side of the fence? | ||
Titancub Member Username: Titancub Post Number: 126 Registered: 08-2006 |
Viva - thanks for sharing. Means alot to see the sad 'progress' of the old beauty. | ||
Vivadetroit Member Username: Vivadetroit Post Number: 45 Registered: 04-2008 |
Chalu, unfortunately, no I couldnt get on the other side of the fence. I tried bribing the guard and he wouldn't have it. There was a hole in the green tarp they've hung all over the fence. there's a few holes in the tarp, which they covered with duct tape. I tore the tape away and stuck my lens in the hole! glad you guys liked them. I will be down again & posting more. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 1341 Registered: 11-2005 |
Ho-lee schitt, guys, driving home from work tonight and noticed one of the light towers was missing. So I headed over there, and HALF THE LEFT FIELD UPPER DECK HAS BEEN COLLAPSED ONTO ITSELF. Not sure if it was intentional or if it collapsed after being structurally weakened. Incredibly jarring. Biggest jolt since demo started in earnest. Photos will be up on www.buildingsofdetroit.com. |
