What was at the SW corner of Gratiot and Hastings?

**Huggybear** · July-31-10, 11:50 PM

Today there is a 7-acre parking lot [[priced astronomically, I understand) at the southwest corner of I-375 and Gratiot. I saw an aerial from the 1950s that looked like a large hospital or industrial complex with a bunch of mid-rise structures [[as in about 10 stories). Stroh's was kitty-corner to this site. So what was it before? And was it mowed down for the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice? Or for some other reason?

**manualshift** · August-01-10, 12:58 AM

Don't know.
http://detnews.com/article/20070302/...aradise-Valley

**Huggybear** · August-01-10, 01:30 AM

Looks like it might be Detroit Receiving and the central fire station plus a bunch of commercial parcels just to the north. Hard to say with those parcels because they don't necessarily reflect structures that stretch across them.

**MikeM** · August-01-10, 05:36 PM

Old Detroit College of Medicine/Wayne State medical school. South of it was St Mary's Memorial Hospital and Detroit Receiving Hospital.

**MikeM** · August-01-10, 05:43 PM

April 2004:

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**Huggybear** · August-01-10, 06:23 PM

Fascinating - so all of that went down when? Around 1980 when Receiving relocated? It was almost like a mini DMC for the CBD.

Originally Posted by MikeM

Old Detroit College of Medicine/Wayne State medical school. South of it was St Mary's Memorial Hospital and Detroit Receiving Hospital.

**MikeM** · August-02-10, 11:10 AM

Not sure if I can pin a date on it. When I first posted those pictures in 2004, someone said the lot was being cleared for the permanent location of the Greektown Casino. I haven't followed the casino development news at all so I don't know why the lot sits empty.

EastSider · August-02-10, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by MikeM

Not sure if I can pin a date on it. When I first posted those pictures in 2004, someone said the lot was being cleared for the permanent location of the Greektown Casino. I haven't followed the casino development news at all so I don't know why the lot sits empty.

The lot sits empty now because Greektown Casino paid too much for it to begin with and doesn't want to take a loss on their purchase.

**ndavies** · August-02-10, 03:16 PM

That was back when all the casinos were being required to move out of their "Temporary facilities". I can't remember if it that was before or after the forced riverfront location. [[With Great planning like this, no wonder there is so little development in the city.)