According to the Detroit News the Ilitch organization has announced that as a part of the new hockey arena arrangements the Park Avenue Hotel will be demolished and the Eddystone Hotel converted to a moderate income residence. No mention was made of the fate of the nearby Fort Wayne Hotel recently purchased by Ilitch from Dennis Kefallinos.

Below L-R The Park Avenue, Eddystone and Fort Wayne Hotel ruins in 2003.

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