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Signs urge Mayor Dave Bing, the City Council or the Detroit Economic Development Corp. to step in. Photo taken June 5, 2009.
Demo crews move into position June 5, 2009, to pick up where they left off the previous fall. An excavator is under the pressbox
A closer look at the damage the demolition crew did to the upper deck June 5, 2009, before a restraining order stopped them.
The demolition crew made fast work clipping the lower section of the upper deck from third base toward home June 8, 2009.
Wreckers tore into legendary broadcaster Ernie Harwell's booth June 8, 2009.
A view across I-75 at the Corner on June 4, 2009. Two demolition vehicles can be seen in left field waiting to go to work.
The first strike was at 3:41 p.m. June 5, 2009. Machinery mawed on the third base grandstand for less than an hour.
The Tiger Plaza sits barren June 8, 2009, the day demo resumed after a judge denied efforts to buy more time to raise money.
The wreckers made it to Hall of Famer Ernie Harwell's booth within hours of a ruling clearing the way for demo June 8, 2009.
Crews were quick to get back to work after a judge's ruling June 8, 2009, tearing into the upper deck from third to behind home.
Nearly a year after demo started, fans still were turning out to say goodbye and relive memories. Photo taken June 4, 2009.
With the moon above, quiet returns to Tiger Stadium two hours after crews took a chunk out of the upper deck June 5, 2009.
Signs that welcome. Signs that point the way to history. Signs calling for firing the man behind razing The Corner. June 8, 2009
A look at the destruction wrought June 8, 2009.
Demo wraps up for the day June 8, 2009. This shot gives an overview of what fell the first day after a judge cleared demo.
Excavators wait like vultures to pick over the corpse June 4, 2009. They arrived June 3, one day after a vote to level the rest.
While preservationists rushed to The Corner with a restraining order to stop demo June 5, 2009, the wreckers hit the upper deck.
As demo resumes, Thom Linn, left, and Rick Ruffner tell media June 8, 2009, they won't appeal a ruling stopping their effort.
Tiger Stadium was quick to fall under the wrecker's siege again following a judge's order that demo could resume June 8, 2009.
Many of those fighting to save Tiger Stadium took their anger out on George Jackson, head of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp.
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