Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is ratcheting up his crusade against graffiti, fining businesses and homeowners who fail to remove spray paint from their properties within a week of getting a notice from city inspectors.
The 13-story Hotel Park Avenue, a one-time lavish attraction from the booming 1920s that later became a rehab center for drug addicts, was imploded Saturday morning.
The historic Hotel Park Avenue will come crashing down with the assistance of explosives at the site of the new Red Wings arena.
The demolition comes after a controversial vote by the city’s Historic District Commission.
It’s an odd position for Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan: He may not get his way.
Mayor Duggan appears to have gone too far when he tried to replace members of a historic commission with pro-development interests.
Some of Detroit’s most beautiful apartment buildings and hotels were built in the Cass Corridor and are beginning to see new life.
A crew working on the new Red Wings arena has begun to dig up the historic Hotel Park Avenue hotel even though demolition has not been approved.
During its last incarnation, the bar sold beer from urinals, and food came in a dog bowl.
A high-end leather retailer is opening up in the former Tomboy Market building, which often reeked of rotten meat.