Dan Gilbert, Please Don't Demolish the Metropolitan Building

[Gistok]

A public space is not necessarily a park

It could be a decorative sidewalk... like Ilitch planned for The Women's Exchange Bldg. on GCP...

[DetroitPlanner]

It could be a decorative sidewalk... like Ilitch planned for The Women's Exchange Bldg. on GCP...

What I was thinking was something like a giant glassed in atrium that would connect the buildings along Woodward and Broadway. One thing people have to remember is that building is severely damaged from radioactivity and the damage done to it from trying to remove it. That is one building while I do find its facade interesting and iconic, I sure would not want anything to do with.

[Gistok]

What I was thinking was something like a giant glassed in atrium that would connect the buildings along Woodward and Broadway. One thing people have to remember is that building is severely damaged from radioactivity and the damage done to it from trying to remove it. That is one building while I do find its facade interesting and iconic, I sure would not want anything to do with.

Wait... I thought the building was remediated of all radioactivity?? Or so it was stated in news items about the building. And also the building is not severely damaged... just stripped down to the bare concrete of each floor. The biggest complaint I heard about this building is that it has low ceilings. That might be bad for commercial use, but it should be OK for residential use.

Also... there are 2 alleys [[that come together V shaped).. surrounding the Metropolitan Building. How can they close the alleys? These businesses have dumpsters, and in the case of the restaurant on Broadway... kitchen vents going up the alley side. Although not impossible... how could they close the alleys, when they serve utility functions as well as garbage pickup?