  Toog05 Member Username: Toog05 Post Number: 34 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 148.61.241.91 |
Havent been in town for a while now, just wanted to see the progress, if any. | ||
Hamtramck_steve Member Username: Hamtramck_steve Post Number: 3257 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 136.181.195.17 |
The parking garage and apartment building are pretty much completely gone. On Sunday, it looked like perhaps a few more pieces of the garage's foundation around the middle were all that was left. | ||
Toog05 Member Username: Toog05 Post Number: 35 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 148.61.241.91 |
cool so they should be starting pretty soon | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 228 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 66.184.3.44 |
It sure sucks to loose my parking structure in Greektown. I used to be able to acctually park inside before the casino opened. By the way, why did they tear down my other parking structure downtown? The one across from City Club on Bagley. Now it appears to be a gravel parking lot. GRRRRRRRRRR!!! | ||
Hamtramck_steve Member Username: Hamtramck_steve Post Number: 3266 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.252.133.23 |
Did the one on Bagley sit boarded up for a while? If it's the one I'm thinking of, it was torn down before it could fall down. It was for sale "as is" in need of serious work. The work was more than the structure was worth. | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 231 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 66.184.3.44 |
I thought maybe MGM was going to use the land for their new casino. The last time I saw the stucture, it did seem pretty old though. I had some fond memories of drinking in there (with a large group of friends)before going into City Club in the days before I was of legal drinking age.(he he he!) | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 1384 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.60.143.186 |
The first and Bagley garage was a piece of schitt. Lights never worked and there were pipes hanging from the ceiling a bad combination. I was driving through there once and I had a pipe smash into my windshield and along the roof of my car. Thank god it only gouged the paint. Didn't see the hanging pipe until it hit my car. Not to mention all of the stairwells smelled of piss and often were layered in vomit, made for a great game of "dodge the puke". | ||
Flybydon Member Username: Flybydon Post Number: 11 Registered: 01-2005 |
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Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4494 Registered: 10-2003 |
Don, when was this taken? Do you have any of MGM or MotorCity from the air? | ||
Flybydon Member Username: Flybydon Post Number: 13 Registered: 01-2005 |
Lmichigan: Yes I do. However, my agreement with the casinos is that I cannot display them for two months. | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 6931 Registered: 10-2003 |
Post them on HFD. No one will see them there. | ||
Mod Member Username: Mod Post Number: 68 Registered: 07-2004 |
what are those cluster of buildings to the right of the former parking deck? | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4498 Registered: 10-2003 |
I'm not surprised, Don. I've been in sporadic email correspondance with MotorCity and MGM for some architectural research, and they are VERY tight-lipped about their plans. I guess they are trying to "one-up" the other. When was the Greektown aerial taken? | ||
Bibs Member Username: Bibs Post Number: 581 Registered: 10-2003 |
I believe the buildings to the right are a junvenile detention center. I'm certain it is a detention center. The white building in the upper right hand corner is also a detention center. Notice the very narrow windows! | ||
Motownman Member Username: Motownman Post Number: 20 Registered: 09-2006 |
Wait so whats going there hotel, new garage? What? | ||
Flybydon Member Username: Flybydon Post Number: 15 Registered: 01-2005 |
Lmichigan: Today. Yes, they are trying to one up each other. It's been a big race for the past two years. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 2855 Registered: 08-2004 |
Thanks Don, and welcome to the Forum (I hadn't seen a post by you yet, so a belated welcome!) The fact that they are trying to one up each other is one of the positives about the final casino plans. The one-ups-manship is a win-win for the city! First MGM announce that they were spending $550 million, then it was upped to $750 million. Well what if they were fibbing? ... and they are spending even more!! I'm hoping for a (secret) over-the-top lavish interior worthy of the Las Vegas Strip! So they can match up to our opulent downtown movie palaces... and leave patrons awestruck!  | ||
Erikd Member Username: Erikd Post Number: 733 Registered: 10-2003 |
The hotel and garage are going on the site pictured above. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4500 Registered: 10-2003 |
Of course, they are. | ||
Huggybear Member Username: Huggybear Post Number: 263 Registered: 08-2005 |
One stop shopping. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 179 Registered: 01-2006 |
They were assembling two cranes when I went by last night. I think it's safe to say that construction is about to begin!! | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 979 Registered: 11-2004 |
Huh? I'm confused. Were you taking photos for them? If not you can take, and post, whatever photos you want from public space. I think flying by qualifies as public space. | ||
Wmuchris Member Username: Wmuchris Post Number: 458 Registered: 06-2005 |
Maybe he is taking photos for the casinos. Part of his contract may stipulate that he is not allowed to publish photographs that he has taken under contract for that company. | ||
Wmuchris Member Username: Wmuchris Post Number: 459 Registered: 06-2005 |
Let's say that a camera-man was under contract with CNN to "exclusively" do news for CNN. If he took that tape and sold it to MSNBC, that could therefore be a violation of the "exclusive" nature of his contract with CNN. | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 981 Registered: 11-2004 |
That's why I asked if he was taking photos for them. |
