Quote Originally Posted by Carey View Post
When you think of it, fire has played a huge role in reshaping Detroit's landscape. When fires start breaking out in your neighborhood, it's a sure sign something is wrong. Many people go their whole lives without seeing one real building fire. And while the fires themselves are a signal that a neighborhood is changing, the damaged homes left behind are a cancerous blight that spurs more change, all of it negative.

One example out of tens of thousands: There's two, three-story apartment buildings next to each other at Stair and Pitt in SW Detroit. Both are abandoned. They've had repeated fires; one, in fact, was the site of a mutliple-alarm fire last weekend. It's hard to imagine two greater cancers on a block.
I know exactly which two buildings your talking about, the last owner [[or contract purchaser) couldn't control those buildings. They went downhill fast.