Once Again The City Of Detroit Gets It Wrong
Posted by Joe | Labels: 1270 sports, Al Kaline, baseball, demolition, Detroit commission, detroit tigers, Ernie Harwell, gate 2, Tiger Stadium, yankee stadium | Posted On Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 6:13 AM
What's wrong with Detroit? One of the Oldest and most historic cities in America just can't get things right. And as a Detroiter, it pisses me off!
What remains of historic Tiger Stadium will be demolished after the city rejected a $33.4 million proposal by a nonprofit group to preserve and renovate the old ballpark. WHY???
Most people would say who cares. It's old. Knock it down. Get over it.
But sometimes holding on to the past, can lead to a brighter future. Tiger Stadium is a historical monument. To fix up what left could actually be a spring board for the corner of Michigan and Trumbull.
It's a great area that just needs new life breathed into in.
Classic Bar's like Nemo's and Hoots, which are blocks away from the ol ball park, still come to life during baseball season. (And especially on St.Patricks day)
Slows BBQ retaurant is a new joint right next to old Tiger Stadium. (The food is great!)
Why can't we keep the ball park? Grow the area around Corktown like they did only 2 miles east of the stadium by building the new MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.
Make it so people would actually want to walk the streets, there are TONS of buildings on Michigan Ave that need to be, and should've been, knocked down way before Tiger Stadium was.
How cool it would be to take your kids and future generations downtown and show them where yesterday lived. Greenberg, Kell, Kaline, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, all played right on that grass. And now when a non-profit group who wants to hold on to this sacred baseball past comes up with the money, it's still shot down by the detroit commission.
To see a strip mall or any other building on that corner of Michigan and Trumbull, after all it's history and all the efforts made by donations and non-profit fund raising, would actually be a sin.
I know I will miss you Tiger Stadium.
Yankee fans are doing the same thing right now, trying to keep up and preserve Gate 2 at the original Yankee Stadium.
http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2009/05/fans_desperate_to_save_old_yan.html
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What remains of historic Tiger Stadium will be demolished after the city rejected a $33.4 million proposal by a nonprofit group to preserve and renovate the old ballpark. WHY???
Most people would say who cares. It's old. Knock it down. Get over it.
But sometimes holding on to the past, can lead to a brighter future. Tiger Stadium is a historical monument. To fix up what left could actually be a spring board for the corner of Michigan and Trumbull.
It's a great area that just needs new life breathed into in.
Classic Bar's like Nemo's and Hoots, which are blocks away from the ol ball park, still come to life during baseball season. (And especially on St.Patricks day)
Slows BBQ retaurant is a new joint right next to old Tiger Stadium. (The food is great!)
Why can't we keep the ball park? Grow the area around Corktown like they did only 2 miles east of the stadium by building the new MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.
Make it so people would actually want to walk the streets, there are TONS of buildings on Michigan Ave that need to be, and should've been, knocked down way before Tiger Stadium was.
How cool it would be to take your kids and future generations downtown and show them where yesterday lived. Greenberg, Kell, Kaline, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, all played right on that grass. And now when a non-profit group who wants to hold on to this sacred baseball past comes up with the money, it's still shot down by the detroit commission.
To see a strip mall or any other building on that corner of Michigan and Trumbull, after all it's history and all the efforts made by donations and non-profit fund raising, would actually be a sin.
I know I will miss you Tiger Stadium.
Yankee fans are doing the same thing right now, trying to keep up and preserve Gate 2 at the original Yankee Stadium.
http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2009/05/fans_desperate_to_save_old_yan.html
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