If you are not going to write a letter to Council requesting an interim historic district [[which should take all of 10 minutes and a 44 cent stamp), don't bitch that this thing is gone in 6 months. After all, you apparently had the commitment to complain and bemoan here but not to lift a finger, right?
Here are the criteria for historic designation under Ordinance 161-H of 1976:
- Sites, buildings, structures, or archeological sites where cultural, social, spiritual, economic, political, or architectural history of the community, city, state or nation is particularly reflected or exemplified.
- Sites, buildings, structures, or archeological sites which are identified with historic personages or with important events in community, city, state or national history.
- Buildings or structures which embody the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural specimen, inherently valuable as a representation of a period, style or method of construction.
- Notable works of a master designer or architect whose individual genius influenced his or her age.
Write your letters to:
City Council [Member or council c/o City Clerk Janice Winfrey]
Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
2 Woodward Avenue
Detroit MI 48226
Copy to:
Historic Designation Advisory Board
[Same address, suite 204]
These are typically considered in the order of receipt by Council, but I'm sure that if 100 of these arrived concerning the same property, they might move faster.
Good luck and report what you hear on this thread.