Quote Originally Posted by KingRex View Post
No, we lose an "architectural gem" because Detroit's a dying city that can not support this kind of building.

I'm sure the standard retort will include Jacki O, Penn Station, and "but the potential!" as though "potential" pays the bills.
Actually New York's Pennsylvania Station was demolished in 1963 for Madison Square Gardens.

Jackie Kennedy Onassis rallied back in the 1980's to save the now grandly restored NYC Grand Central Station.