Quite early this morning I witnessed a crew dismantling a building on the north side of West Vernor Hwy. just across the street from Holy Redeemer. The block was intact until that moment. The building was brick and restorable.

I understand that the owner of Nice Price, a discounter in an old S. S. Kresge building next door, wanted to create a parking lot. The Southwest Detroit Business Association opposed the idea - but, nevertheless, the building is now gone.

Fifty years of perfectly adequate street parking should have demonstrated that a very narrow parking lot is not necessary.

Now there is a gaping hole in an historic streetscape dating to about 1900, like a missing tooth. The discount store could be gone tomorrow. The hole will not ever be filled [[in my experience.)

What are they thinking???