Tag Archives: demolition

Making Detroit Great Again– Through More Surface Parking

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Nat Zorach

Well, this is awful. Today, developer Emmett Moten began demolition of the Detroit Saturday Night Building. This will give him a handful of surface parking spaces, which, he says, he needs, because reasons. Moten has been trying to demolish the … Continue reading →

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A Mayor Should Create Value, Not Refinance The Lack Of It

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Nat Zorach

Mike Duggan’s latest proposal to “eliminate blight” includes a proposed $250 million bond issue to finance his ongoing demolition program, which has run out of HUD Hardest-Hit funds.  At issue is not the feasibility of the issue itself, but whether … Continue reading →

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Saturday Night Parking Fever

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Nat Zorach

En route to the Green Task Force meeting at Walker-Miller Energy Services in New Center, I stopped at 550 W. Fort St., site of a protest against the proposed demolition of the vacant, Detroit Saturday Night building at that address. … Continue reading →

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