Detroit Yellow Pages Sign
The other thread on this seemed to have gone off topic so here we go again.
The Yellow Pages sign has come up again, this time starting for $500.
We should all put in $50 each, buy the sign and an old house and create the DetroitYes world headquarters :p
http://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetai...46167#topoflot
I don't think "sticking it to the tax payers" was the plan
From listening to the talk around the sign the idea I had was that the new owners were trying to refurbish the building and remove the sign in as fiscally responsible way as is possible. You can spell that C H E A P.
Over the years I have seen people waste government money like it came out of faucets, but, I didn't see that in this situation. I only talked to people on the periphery. I really don't know the new owners, I have never met them and I can't really say what their plans are. I didn't get the idea they were wasting money or trying to screw anyone over.
If you are upset about lawyers getting involved I guess you should be upset at the Detroit Historical Society because they are the ones who went to court and got the injunction.
The idea I have from talking to people on the periphery is that the building owners and the auction company would rather the Society had just purchased the sign after it was down, found a new protected place for it and refurbished it.