Al_t_publican Member Username: Al_t_publican
Post Number: 88 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 68.43.12.149
| Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 3:07 pm: | |
I heard that there will be an announcement on the razing of Tiger Stadium sometime this month. Vacant for almost seven years. How long did Olympia Stadium stand before it came down? Tiger Stadium should have come down within days of the last game played there in Sep 99. Hopefully, some tax generating private sector occupancy will be built there. When I lived in Corktown for ten years (1991-2001) I sometimes suggested that developement with a historic tie to the neighborhood would be the right choice, a mixed commercial-residential complex, possibly with commerical on the street level with condos on top with a small parcel of the playing field as a commons. Hopefully, something more than a stripmall will go in there. |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 6072 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 208.27.111.125
| Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 3:37 pm: | |
Something more than a stripmall will go in there. |
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 729 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.42.176.123
| Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 3:43 pm: | |
A parking garage? |
Gotdetroit Member Username: Gotdetroit
Post Number: 18 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 66.208.225.165
| Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 3:50 pm: | |
Grass, weeds, broken bottles even! |
Jsmith9423 Member Username: Jsmith9423
Post Number: 9 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 141.211.34.241
| Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 3:55 pm: | |
You guys, come on now. We need at least one dead body, one stolen burnt car and a "Vote for Martha Reeves for Detroit City Council" sign on the property. |
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 731 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.42.176.123
| Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 3:57 pm: | |
Don't forget a random pile of trash, tires and shingles! |
Bvos Member Username: Bvos
Post Number: 1495 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.228.2.1
| Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 8:20 pm: | |
I thought this was DetY, not HFD... |
Ron Member Username: Ron
Post Number: 175 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 66.174.79.226
| Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 8:39 pm: | |
I heard a parking garage was being placed there, with ground floor retail, and upper level luxury residential condos. Cheesecake factory, ESPNZone and House of Blues will all open in the location, which is to be used as a focal point for a light rail, mass transportation system serving the entire Southeast MI region. Out back there will be a field for empty Hennesy bottles, trash, and Martha Reeves campaign signs. |
Shark Member Username: Shark
Post Number: 231 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 65.43.43.102
| Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 8:46 pm: | |
quote:I heard a parking garage was being placed there, with ground floor retail, and upper level luxury residential condos. Cheesecake factory, ESPNZone and House of Blues will all open in the location, which is to be used as a focal point for a light rail, mass transportation system serving the entire Southeast MI region
Ya know, this stuff stopped being funny months ago after it started being injected into EVERY thread. |
Ron Member Username: Ron
Post Number: 177 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 66.174.79.226
| Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 8:56 pm: | |
I see you are aptly named "Shark"........ |
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026
Post Number: 921 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 24.231.189.137
| Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 7:46 pm: | |
He's right though. Enough's enough |
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313
Post Number: 54 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 12.45.2.184
| Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 9:45 pm: | |
honestly, a grassy broken-bottle-field is better than the city wasting hundreds of the tax payers dollars. It's a valuable site but tear that monster down. Sell it off and try to balance the budget. It would be nice to see a new convention center go there but the land is not big enough........maybe down the rivr over the railyards. Goodbye Tiger Stadium. We will miss you.313 |
Warriorfan Member Username: Warriorfan
Post Number: 397 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 68.43.81.191
| Posted on Friday, June 09, 2006 - 9:52 pm: | |
quote:Out back there will be a field for empty Hennesy bottles, trash, and Martha Reeves campaign signs.
Don't forget about old abandoned boats. |
Detjaymo Member Username: Detjaymo
Post Number: 30 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 69.209.170.7
| Posted on Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 10:10 am: | |
Hopefully the New Olypmia Stadium will be built on the land, if Tiger Stadium meets its demise. (Message edited by detjaymo on June 10, 2006) |
Motownmark04 Member Username: Motownmark04
Post Number: 6 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 70.236.149.239
| Posted on Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 12:06 pm: | |
Olympia was vacated in 1979 and was torn down in 2006, so it stood vacant for seven years. Tiger Stadium has also been vacant for seven years. |
Mw2gs Member Username: Mw2gs
Post Number: 206 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 68.74.31.144
| Posted on Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 12:16 pm: | |
I hope Motownmark isnt a teacher |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 90 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 64.131.176.232
| Posted on Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 2:36 pm: | |
You guys are vicious today. It's hilarious, keep it up! |
Bob Member Username: Bob
Post Number: 1026 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 152.163.100.8
| Posted on Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 3:24 pm: | |
Olympia was torn down in 1986. |
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 854 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 68.60.177.56
| Posted on Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 4:01 pm: | |
Come on, snap to it! Mayor Illitch wants a new stadium and he wants it now. Until he gets his way, that building will stew in its own rot. |
Damon Member Username: Damon
Post Number: 657 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 172.162.222.245
| Posted on Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 5:46 pm: | |
Hey you guys! You forgot the possums and pheasants lurking about with the broken bottles, dead bodies, crack pipes, weeds, burned out cars, tires, shingles and VOTE FOR MARTHA REEVES campaign signs! lol |