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[06-25-09] BREAKING NEWS: The Downtown Development Authority voted unanimously today to tear down the Lafayette Building. A demolition contract has already been awarded. The city says it will put a park, not a parking lot, on the site. Stay tuned to BuildingsofDetroit.com for more updates and, if it does come down, demolition photos.
[06-24-09] NEW PHOTOS AND SAD NEWS: It's been a crazy week for Detroit's landmarks. First, the upper deck collapsed unexpectedly at Tiger Stadium on Monday, June 22. We've got photos here and added a couple of videos showing the devastation on our YouTube channel.
Then, on the next day, the Detroit City Council voted almost unanimously to deny granting a local historic designation to the endangered Lafayette Building. While such a designation would aid the process to get tax credits that may help lure a developer, Council President Ken Cockrel Jr. said, "You can’t save every historic building. You just can’t." Demolition appears almost certain.
[06-24-09] NEW BUILDING ADDED: We've added a history and old and new photos of the Grinnell Brothers Music House on Woodward. Once home to the largest music department store in the country and one of Albert Kahn's finest commercial buildings.
[06-15-09] NEW PHOTOS: New photos added of the continued demolition of Tiger Stadium. We also have video of the demolition on our YouTube channel. New historic photos added of the Statler Hotel and the Kales Building.
[06-08-09] BREAKING NEWS: A judge has ruled the demolition of the remaining corner of Tiger Stadium can continue. About 11:30 a.m., roughly an hour after the ruling, demolition resumed at the historic ballpark preservationists had fought to save. We will have new photos of the demo throughout the process. You can check out photos from today and also head over to our YouTube channel to see the wrecking crew tear into Ernie Harwell's broadcast booth.
