Another Loss in Rivertown

You had to see this one coming. The back of this building at Franklin and St. Aubin collapsed prior to March of 2009. The city finally got around to demolishing it this past May. All that remains is a hole in the ground.

Madison-Lenox Hotel Demolition

Please check out the new sideshow covering the demolition of the Madison-Lenox Hotel that has been posted in the archives.

This Olde Building

In honor of the demise of the Lafayette Building, Faded Detroit brings you the Olde Building. The former Grand Trunk office building came down in 2004 to provide more parking for the Dime Building. This was followed by the the demolition of People’s Outfitting Company (Detroit Commerce Building) in 2007 and the Lafayette Building in 2010.

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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

The Lafayette Building has fallen.  The remains of the structure were brought down Saturday night.  All that remains are bits and pieces of its steel skeleton and a pile of debris.

Changes

Final Days

Lafayette Building Demolition 1-23-2010

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Demolition Day

Demolition Day, originally uploaded by A Dubs.

Lafayette Building Demolition 1-10-2010

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Dismantled

Adams Theater/Fine Arts Building Demolition and Facadectomy

New Hellas, No More!

New Hellas Cafe was demolished a few weeks ago. The 107 year old cafe closed in the spring of 2008. It was the oldest Greek restaurant in Detroit. Former business partners Jim Papas and Ted Gatzaros have waged a legal battle over the property after Gatzaros wanted to use the property to house an Italian restaurant. No explanation for the demolition has been reported. Rumors, however, suggest that a new three story building will rise to take its place

Olympia Clueless About What to Do With Fine Arts Facade

It seems that everyone greatest fears are true. The facade to the Fine Arts building is being shored up with no definitive plans to build anything behind it. It is being "preserved for future reuse" kinda like the site of the former Madison-Lenox is being preserved with a parking lot.

Atanas Ilitch is "confident that the facade of the historic Fine Arts Building can be preserved and ultimately integrated into a new development that will occupy the site at some point in the future." Are you freaking kidding me? Olympia knocked a building down with no plans in place. How long do they plan to leave the facade twisting in the wind? I predict that the building and safety department will eventually decide that it is unsafe and demand that it be pulled down.

Lafayette Building Next to Fall

The 1923 C. Howard Crane designed Lafayette Building could meet the wrecking ball within the next two weeks thanks to a unanimous vote by the Detroit Downtown Development Authority. Detroit-based Adamo Demolition Company will eliminate the historic building for a fee of $1,445,888. The building will be replaced by a "pocket park" of grass and shrubbery.

The Briggs Building

Demolition has been completed on the Briggs Building in the New Center Area. Until recently this building served as a storage facility for the Detroit Public library. The DPL purchased the building from the city in 2001 for $400,000. It had become too run-down to affordably use. The library had spent $100,000 annually just on utilities and basic repairs, and in 2006 they decided to sell the building. After two potential buyers bowed out, library officials believed they could better market the property once the building was razed.

Olympia Development Attempts to Justsify Spate of Demolitions in Parkingtown

Read about it here Here

479-481 West Columbia Falls

Lost the week of March 1, 2009.

Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of Noble Mythic Shrine 2203-2211 Cass Ave

Lost the week of March 8, 2009

Chin Tiki No More

Lost the week of March 1, 2009.

Elizabeth Street Lofts Lost

Lost the week of March 1, 2009.