 
Professorscott
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Username: Professorscott
Post Number: 951
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 2:13 pm: |    |
This is a SMART service bulletin, which (apologies to Dave Barry) I swear to God I am not making up:
"EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY due to falling debris the SMART bus stop on northbound Shelby between Lafayette and Michigan has been temporarily moved about one block south on the southeast corner of Shelby and Lafayette."
Falling debris? Anybody down there lately can post what's going on? That is across the street from the hotel/condo construction, so it can't be that, I hope. |
Jams
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Username: Jams
Post Number: 7252
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 2:15 pm: | |
From the Lafayette Building. |
Danny
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Username: Danny
Post Number: 6874
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 2:19 pm: | |
It's for safety concerns for SMART bus patrons. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 1063
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 2:20 pm: | |
Oh goodness, now the Lafayette building is falling down. |
Johnlodge
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Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 4131
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 2:23 pm: | |
Maybe it is rejecting the gross tiles stuck to the side of it. |
Clark1mt
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Username: Clark1mt
Post Number: 108
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 2:23 pm: | |
Could it be falling ice? |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 1064
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 2:25 pm: | |
Uh, the temperature is 36 degrees and it's raining... |
Clark1mt
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Username: Clark1mt
Post Number: 109
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 2:27 pm: | |
Therefore, melting ice, which would make chunks of it more likely to fall. |
Professorscott
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Username: Professorscott
Post Number: 952
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 2:30 pm: | |
The notice is dated Dec. 5, and I don't think it was raining Dec. 5, so I am not sure if it's ice. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 1066
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 2:30 pm: | |
Yeah, um, my point was that it hasn't been cold enough or heavy enough precip for any huge icicles to form and cause that much of an issue.
(Message edited by DetroitRise on December 11, 2007) |
Digitalvision
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Username: Digitalvision
Post Number: 467
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 3:01 pm: | |
I've walked by the Lafayette Building many times when there are those saw-horse looking barriers around certain areas - I've seen those out for the past 10 years I've worked downtown.
The Lafayette losing pieces of facade is not new news... I'm sure it's exacerbated by the water/ice melting. Just means that something needs to be done about it - especially with the shiny new Book Cadillac across the street, I would think that pressure to take some sort of action would probably ratchet up.
(Before you flame me, I know that it's a facade. And it may not be an indication of it being structurally unsound. However, to non-building normal people, pieces of building falling off is very, very bad and needs to be dealt with, and just blocking off the sidewalk isn't an acceptable solution). |
Patrick
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Username: Patrick
Post Number: 5236
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 3:04 pm: | |
So if someone is hurt or killed from falling debris, who is held responsible? Who owns the building?
Tear dat schitt down. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 1067
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 3:07 pm: | |
Yeah, we need more surface lots in Downtown Detroit. |
Patrick
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Username: Patrick
Post Number: 5237
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 3:09 pm: | |
You could put an Ikea there lol. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 1068
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 3:12 pm: | |
We can use a Grocery Store in downtown, but I don't see any of them rushing down to build on those lots. |
Gsgeorge
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Username: Gsgeorge
Post Number: 440
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 3:16 pm: | |
don't tear it down... if anything, let the elements take hold and reveal the original facade. |
Crew
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Username: Crew
Post Number: 1386
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 3:46 pm: | |
Gsgeorge, I think this is the first time I've heard someone advocat restoration by neglect! |
Gsgeorge
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Username: Gsgeorge
Post Number: 441
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 4:03 pm: | |
only in Detroit, Crew. |
Charlottepaul
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Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 2125
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 4:58 pm: | |
"don't tear it down... if anything, let the elements take hold and reveal the original facade."
If my memory serves me correctly, the facade modifications are only on the lower two levels or so. I would imagine that any falling debris would have to be from much higher up to injure someone. |
Dhugger
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Username: Dhugger
Post Number: 305
Registered: 03-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 9:52 pm: | |
Slight diversion of subject:
The weirdest SMART bus stop I've seen lately has been on 13 mile road east of Telegraph. No place for the riders to stand at all. The sign was on the road and the only place to wait for the bus was in the drainage ditch.
Discouraging for all those dependent on mass transit in metro Detroit.
> We will now return you to your regular thread < |
Professorscott
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Username: Professorscott
Post Number: 953
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 12:44 am: | |
Actually, Dhugger, as the originator of this thread I will accept that topic as a friendly thread diversion, since I think we've said all there is to say about shit falling off buildings downtown.
The stops on the 560 once you get out into the exurbs are nothing to crow about - you're standing on the grass off the road, no sidewalks, and no overhead lights so you're lucky if the driver can see you at night. Still, not as bad as what you describe.
Anyone got any other really bad bus stops? |