Quote Originally Posted by 56packman View Post
I toured that building before the "deal was up" and the DOD turned the bulilding over to the City of Detroit. I was in remarkable condition, the big attraction were the WPA murals of sailors and nautical scenes in the second floor rear officer's club.
Reverting to the city, it had no where to go but down, and down it went. Scrappers moved in--ahhh, you know the rest.
This is sadly standard operating procedure here. Building of significant historical value but zero commercial value is set adrift. Much handwringing all around. Building is left open to the elements and scrappers and any redeeming qualities of the building are thoroughly destroyed. Now a decade late and 10s of millions short of funding... RFPs and building hugging happens to stop the demolition of a building that had little to offer before and zero to offer now.

Thanks Obama.