I AM YELLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! April 22, 2009
Posted by history in : Uncategorized , add a commentPerhaps you were strolling by Eichberg Hall this evening and heard shouting. It was me. I confess. I was reading the posts in the discussion forum for Downtown Revitalization. Grad student, Gwynn Waldsmith alerted us to the fact that the Detroit Train Station is threatenedwith demoltion.
Hence, I was shouting because I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO USE STIMULUS MONEY TO TEAR DOWN THE DETROIT TRAIN STATION
ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID, “I WANT IT DOWN.”
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.
WHAT YEAR IS THIS? 1950? THIS IS THE BEST WE HAVE, OUR GRAND VISION FOR SAVING OUR CITIES AND SOLVING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IS DEMOLITION? HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully, Section-106 can protect this puppy. Stay tuned.
Historic Preservation is Worth A Latte? Eh, not so much. February 16, 2009
Posted by history in : Uncategorized , add a commentSo the price tag on the HP component to the stimulus bill was $55 million. What is $55 million between friends? Apparently a lot, HP was eliminated by in the stimulus package. Sigh. You can read all the gory details here. Yeah, $55 million seems like a lot and it is, but when you break it down by the 183 million tax payers in the US (based on 2007 rates). It amounts to about $3.27 per person, which is about the same as one small latte per tax paying citizen, each year. I don’t know about you, but I think HP is worth a latte.
Sadly our elected officals don’t feel the same way.