[quote=Evelyn;86494]I wish it hadn't been demolished. In my opinion, in was torn down because the All-Star Game was happening downtown.

Evelyn, you're exactly right. Most everyone was opposed to the demolition. Even the DAC, who never oppose their members and other businesses, vocally opposed the demo of the ML. The DAC, like other's who knew the building, development and the market, said it would and could, make a great boutique hotel. What do we have in it's place? An historic and architecturally significant parking lot? Will Mike Illitch's stubborness and truculence outlast his life? He's gotta be 80 or 85. Do you think he might actually become a 'wise old patriarch' and 'philanthropist' to Detroit? I doubt it.