Quote Originally Posted by iheartthed View Post
What about a partial demolition of the strucutre? Sort of like what they proposed with the train station? Demolish a portion of the tower, rebuild it for residences and keep the lower levels of the original structure for retail. If I recall correctly, the tower was built in phases, so this could have been done, no?
Absolutely, however there would be quite a bit of damage done to the old exterior which could increase the cost of the project substantially. You would also need to look at how to design the new side in a complementary fashion [[i.e. no boring cheese grater or glass box side). I would assume that the SW corner and perhaps most of the woodward side would be the one to take down several floors. These were some of the last parts of the building to get built. N Woodward and along Library were the oldest part of the structure. I would leave a few floors at the bottom for retail though. This would also help keep some assemblance of a historic facade along the main drag.