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Username: Nickstone
Post Number: 32
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 3:05 am: |    |
here's more pix of what's up at the whitney... there is the outside work, the new blockades on the street level, and the weird red door...
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Rhymeswithrawk
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Username: Rhymeswithrawk
Post Number: 1063
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 5:27 am: | |
Definitely doesn't look like demo work to me, thank God. Of course, if it were up to Ilitch, people would be paying $20 to park their cars there. |
French777
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Username: French777
Post Number: 279
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 6:10 am: | |
thanks for the pic's |
Bob
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Username: Bob
Post Number: 1608
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 7:04 am: | |
Over the years the people that have owned it have kept up the building. In the past they have done roof and waterproofing work also. Unlike their neighbor across the street, they are actually taking care of their investment. |
Broken_main
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Username: Broken_main
Post Number: 1358
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 8:00 am: | |
That's good to hear. Upkeep of investment property will definitely attract potential buyers. With all of of the revival going on downtown, it is good to know that the Whitney may have a future here in Detroit. |
Kslice
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Username: Kslice
Post Number: 232
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 9:26 am: | |
The pictures of the lobby I see show it in perfect condition. Just like the day it was closed up. Hopefully this will be one less empty building surrounding Grand Circus.
They better keep the cool old sing on the roof. |
Burnsie
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Username: Burnsie
Post Number: 1229
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 9:31 am: | |
"Over the years the people that have owned it have kept up the building."
Except for a significant period last year or so when the building was open to trespass, and people were running around vandalizing it. |
Nickstone
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Username: Nickstone
Post Number: 33
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 3:44 am: | |
here's more pix from today... work is definitely being done and it's not just in sealing the building because you can see in these pix that columns of bricks are being stripped down and replaced with fresh columns of clean white bricks... this building is going to be stunning again very soon... check out the pix
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Kid_dynamite
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Username: Kid_dynamite
Post Number: 411
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 9:35 am: | |
That doesnt look too safe. Why is it so crooked? |
Nickstone
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Username: Nickstone
Post Number: 37
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 1:48 pm: | |
never fear... they straightened it out!••
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Dnvn522
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Username: Dnvn522
Post Number: 300
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 2:28 pm: | |
They're braving the daylight now? |
Detroitpharmstudent
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Username: Detroitpharmstudent
Post Number: 14
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 4:05 pm: | |
I assume they were working midnights to avoid hitting people with the falling brick pieces? Maybe now that they got those down, they can lay the new brick without fear of hitting one of the 8 to 12 people that walk down Woodward daily. |
Dabirch
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Username: Dabirch
Post Number: 2494
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 5:07 pm: | |
quote:and the weird red door...
Well if we're talking about the Red Door, have I got some stories for you... |
French777
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Username: French777
Post Number: 281
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 8:27 pm: | |
good pic's |
E_hemingway
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Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 1460
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 3:46 pm: | |
They were working on it on the scaffolding with a big light at midnight Thursday. It looked like they were replacing bricks. |
Rhymeswithrawk
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Username: Rhymeswithrawk
Post Number: 1069
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 10:38 pm: | |
I would love to get one of those old bricks. Add it to my collection. |
Busterwmu
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Username: Busterwmu
Post Number: 412
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 6:41 pm: | |
I went to a show last night at the Detroit Opera House, and spotted crews working on along the roofline with spotlights around 6:30PM, and the spotlights still on around 10:15 or 10:30. Today, on the People Mover, I noticed that the roofline scaffholding (of whatever its called), is not only on the Washington Blvd side, but the Woodward Side as well, and maybe on the back, too. Any further speculation about what they are doing? |