RIP Greektown: Laikon Closing

**Eric_c** · January-28-12, 10:59 AM

I just don't understand tearing down these buildings! Isn't this a Historic District? How can it be this easy?

**canuck** · January-28-12, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by Eric_c

I just don't understand tearing down these buildings! Isn't this a Historic District? How can it be this easy?

My thoughts exactly. How can this be possible at a time when Detroit needs to preserve its architecture, and especially significant small business clusters. The Detroit tourism industry depends largely on this neighborhood leading the way to redevelopment it would seem. Same old, same old...

**iheartthed** · January-28-12, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by canuck

My thoughts exactly. How can this be possible at a time when Detroit needs to preserve its architecture, and especially significant small business clusters. The Detroit tourism industry depends largely on this neighborhood leading the way to redevelopment it would seem. Same old, same old...

Well, we are talking about the same city that is gonna pony up money to add a lane to a freeway to ease congestion while all of the streets running parallel to the same freeway are almost always far under their traffic capacities.