In my opinion, for the first time in decades, Detroit has both a no-nonsense trustee and Mayor. This is another sign that bankruptcy for the city was the right choice to effect a turnaround in city business practices.
The City of Detroit was getting tired of the national attention the Station got as a symbol of the city's decay. I think Maroun wanted to avoid enforcement action, plus he had other dealings with the City that would not be helped by the continuing to ignore the problem.
I imagine the owner of the building, Manny Maroun is using other people's money to do this work. He owns the Ambassador Bridge as well. Once, while crossing the bridge I asked the American customs guy if it was true that one man owns the bridge. He said, "yeah and he gets 1 million dollars a year for the use of the building that I work out of and it's a dump that hardly ever has hot water!" Funny hearing a customs guy rant about his working conditioins. Manny will do all he can to stop another bridge being built. A Howard Hughes type who is never interviewed or photographed. So, I think the money for the station is coming from somewhere other than his pockets.
So much for serious newscasts. Edward R Murrow would turn over in his grave to see what TV news has become. It is good to see the building get some attention and maybe get prepared for reuse.
I saw this article in my Facebook newsfeed today. It's good to finally see something done to save the old building, no matter how minuscule.
http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/6677315-story
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
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