I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
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Demolition was halted on Friday, but on Monday, a judge OK'd the final destruction of historic Tiger Stadium. (Photo by davehogg via Flickr)
DETROIT — The battle to preserve the remains of Tiger Stadium was lost Monday morning when a judge denied a preservationist group’s request to halt demolition on the historic ballpark. Eyewitnesses at the stadium have confirmed that demolition had restarted late Monday morning.
In a dramatic move on Friday evening members of the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, the preservationist group that spearheaded the stadium restoration project, served the demolition crew with an injunction to halt the destruction of the stadium in the city’s Corktown neighborhood.
But on Monday morning, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Prentiss Edwards ruled that the remains of Tiger Stadium should come down citing rising demolition prices and the Conservancy’s failure to meet funding goals. Last week board members of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC), a quasi-public authority overseeing the project, voted 6-1 to end their agreement with the conservancy and raze Tiger Stadium. A DEGC represenative said the Conservancy failed to meet funding milestones.
Many activists fighting to keep the structure standing believe Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has the power to halt demolition and give the Conservancy more time to come up with funding avenues to keep the project viable. Baseball historian Karen Bush sent a letter to the mayor’s office citing 30 reasons why the stadium should stay and asking that Bing halt the demolition with an executive order. Members of the conservancy have been seeking talks with Bing since Friday.
Bing’s office has not responded to either of these requests according to activists.
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