Lafayette Building Demolition

[Fnemecek]

The building hasn't had a tenant and has been a ward of the city for 15 years. As has been discussed ad nausem here, there was about zero likelihood that there would be any renovation at any time. The debate is not "park vs. building" it's "park/build-able lot vs. derelict building". how many more decades should it have sat empty before it would be ok to tear it down?

They only would've had to keep it standing until we had someone at the DEGC smart enough to keep track of what year it was.

But the building is gone so it's a moot point.

[kraig]

Do we really need another fucking park? So stupid. Now there are empty lots all the way from the edge of Downtown into the center, a block away from Campus Martius. There is a park a block north [[Capitol Park) and a block east [[Campus Martius). The last thing we need is another park. We need buildings filling those lots. Of course a park is improvement from rubble, but not from a beautiful historic structure!!!

I'm going to be planting bamboo and cannabis on whatever "park" they create.

Park sounds better than empty lot, that's all.