Buildings along Merchant's Row

**stasu1213** · October-04-11, 07:10 PM

I would like to know are the buildings that line Merchants Row are on the historical registers list? I love how each building has it's own design such as the brownstones in Brooklyn does. The Himelhoch building is my favorite and then the building that once housed Meyer's Jewelry. The reason why I had asked is for I remember during the Kilpatrick administration the Hughes nad Hatcher and Sanders building were razed to make way for a lousy parking structure. I hope that any other building on along merchant's row will not be razed in order to make way for another parking structure.

**preserve** · October-05-11, 02:05 PM

I thought Hughes/Hatcher became Hockeytown???

**Eric_c** · October-05-11, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by preserve

I thought Hughes/Hatcher became Hockeytown???

It did, but that was a different location. The H&H being referred to here was next door to Sander's on the West side of Woodward between Campus Martius and State. It was built around 1969 and was six stories with an all brown aluminum facade.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2uL9b4oOko...nd+hatcher.jpg

**Gistok** · October-05-11, 03:11 PM

Sadly I remember the most beautiful building along lower Woodward [[in modern times) was lost in a fire back in the 1980s... the B. Siegel Building, which was on the SE corner of Woodward/State IIRC...

It was a beautiful building made of a iron facade I believe. Although the facade survived the fire, it received heat warpage, and so it had to come down. It is pictured in the W. Hawkins Ferry book on Detroit.

Here's a view of the building, which I believe was the oldest surviving building along lower Woodward...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37603091@N02/3528121147/

**stasu1213** · October-05-11, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by Eric_c

It did, but that was a different location. The H&H being referred to here was next door to Sander's on the West side of Woodward between Campus Martius and State. It was built around 1969 and was six stories with an all brown aluminum facade.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2uL9b4oOko...nd+hatcher.jpg

What year was the buildings razed?

**downtownguy** · October-05-11, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by Gistok

Sadly I remember the most beautiful building along lower Woodward [[in modern times) was lost in a fire back in the 1980s... the B. Siegel Building, which was on the SE corner of Woodward/State IIRC...

Yep, I remember that night. I watched from across the street as it burned. Made me want to cry.