Quote Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner View Post
15 years ago GM was still all over this neighborhood. Unisys had a major HQ there as well. Besides the GM building and argonaut, GM had several other buildings that worked on things like displays and marketing. WSU also had a lot of offices here that were consolidated once newer buildings were built like ASB and Cass and Palmer. Finally there were auto dealerships still around here.
DP is right. This neighborhood never really "bottomed" out, although I think Unisys might have been gone 15 years ago, but I'm pretty sure Henry Ford Health had moved in. And before we give WSU too many props for their interest in historic preservation, I have a recollection that they emptied the Cadillac sales and service building with plans to tear it down. Then as more people realized the historic significance of it, WSU pulled back. And then it sat empty for years.