Quote Originally Posted by mikeg19 View Post
I hear where you're coming from, and I certainly agree that anything halfway viable should be saved. But on the other hand you can't leave up houses with no roof and all the plumbing ripped out, cracked foundations, burnt out or god knows what else. I'm led to believe that's part of the due diligence in determining what structures are being torn down.
If the "due diligence" for the residential demolitions is anything like the "due diligence" for the Madison-Lenox, Hudsons, or Lafayette Buildings, then Detroiters are being sold up the river again.

It's the same damned thing--spend precious public dollars on demolishing everything in sight, then hope and pray that some magical wizard comes along with a boatload of cash for "development". There's no plan beyond that.