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it is such a nice looking building though

They'll build a throw back in about 40 years from now.

Isn't this where chuck Hughes died?

Shameful.

The stadium building industry is such a scam. I'm sure someone is already talking about how the replacement is "completely outdated" and "unsuitable for the intricate task of housing a grass field and giving people a place to sit." "Gimme your tax dollars or I'll move your team to Vegas."

Well, it's a patch of grass and cement now with some funky sheds. Stay tuned for when it's a parking garage in a few years (how nice it'll have another one across the street to keep it company. Paris of the West indeed.

You could see those lights from Windsor when they were on They were majestic.

Where chuck hughes died

I was in this hotel fire.....on new years eve of 2009.....I escaped that fire with only the clothes on my back.... Two folks perished that night.... Two females young and old....but blessed be to God the fire department was a block away...I was rescued from the top floor along with 4 others.... Each new years eve I say a prayer regarding that nite....here ten years later I'm alive tho the devil thought it had me....tho Detroit's my hometown and living in Kentucky.... I feel grateful...thank's God....

Heart wrenching. That stadium should still be standing!

Some of the greatest voices I ever heard, especially during my childhood, echoed from that announce booth: Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane, George Kell, Al Kaline, & of course, Paul Carey. May God rest the soul of these 5 fine gentlemen, & the old gal, Tiger Stadium!

All the exterior demolition, & now interior destruction. Those seats were close enough to the announce booth to hear Ernie & Paul. Ouch, this is painful to watch.

God, I loved those majestic Light Towers. Watching that Light Tower fall in vain was like losing a good, loyal friend. Even worse, the jaws of destruction had to make sure the Light Tower was completely KO'd. Sure wish I had a part from one of those Light Towers for a souvenir.

The Light Tower in the background looks ominously SAD!

The jaws of death & destruction!

It's painful to watch that senseless demolition of such a nostalgic & historical landmark. All that God forsaken $ wasted on that new ball park, could have been invested in completely restructuring, reinforcing, & refurbishing Tiger Stadium. A wholesome restoration that could have maintained the old romantic charm & same general features of the stadium with some modern updates that didn't retract from the originality of the field & stands. Will never understand the infatuation with all these cookle cutters built these past 3 decades? I know, follow the $!

Still so beautiful to watch. I prayed for Tiger Stadium to be demolished and God answered my prayers. Its was an eyesore that needed to go.

Ok it was obsolete and probably crumbling in need of exorbitant repair and renovation - like Yankee Stadium - but NY built a replica Yankee Stadium. As an iconic historic ball park- a replica stadium should have been built. The single biggest mistake the Mike Illitch made in his amazing tenure in Detroit was to not insure to live on -the history and tradition of Tiger Stadium. Istead built the ANTI Tiger Stadium in Comerica Park. Complete opposite venue.If Boston or NY would have built a Comerica park they would have to tear it down and correct the mistake- but that mistake would never have happened. John Mchale who designed Comerica was all about himself- not Detroit and its history. He wanted his vision, his place so to speak. A disgrace. I read in one place in a small article, a witness said "Mike politely showed him the door" " and Mike said :he got a carte blanche and I didnt get results " Those are Mikes words.

After all this time it's still too painful to watch.

It must have been a pretty depressing day around there when the last light tower came down. If those things only had eyes and could talk.

Tiger Stadium 1912-1913 Though 1998-1999

What did they do with the time capsule from the 40s and 60s?

And they replace Im this American classic stadium with a lousy cookie cutter souless stadium. Shame on you Detriot. Same goes for you white sox.

Mad that's hard to watch. 😢😢😢

I feel like crying. There goes my childhood memories. That stadium was built to stand forever. Just like the Statue of Liberty. jimmy warren , Michigan

What, no guy on the street sprayin' down the dust with his hose? Blasphemy!

What a pity. It was a really beautiful building. In Europe we respect much more old buildings.

wish they could have saved her, but progress moves all

to all you dip shits that have something negative to say about Adamo demolition and the operator who wrecked the Lafayette bldg can kiss my ass slock job demo contractor&the method they used was so unsafe should of brought in a crane lol who the hell are you a furthermore if the method was so unsafe what the hell happened I'll tell you nothing the damn building came down no one was hurt the coney island that was attached didn't get any damage so all you haters out there f k off.

This was such a loss and stupid!!! The Lafayette Building was so iconic and could have been very useful for the future of the city and now its gone! Stupid! That building was built to last forever and was so well built that it would easily outlast much of new construction.

This was such a loss and stupid!!! The Lafayette Building was so iconic and could have been very useful for the future of the city and now its gone! Stupid! That building was built to last forever and was so well built that it would easily outlast much of new construction.

i can not belive what i saw, in germany the driver of the exevator and the boss of the company go in jail at such demolishen.

silverstacker999 3 years ago If they just used the same Thermite that was wired to the Twin Towers, this wouldn't have taken very long. Please do not feed the 9/11 conspiracy trolls.

deadbunndeadbunn 5 years ago in reply to 6969Wolf6969 That why the city is in the shape it is, cause people like you abandoned it............. I cannot speak for anybody else, but our family left Detroit shortly after the 1967 race riot. It was considered a matter of life and death

Isn't that where Reggie Jackson hit a HR in the 1971 All Star game,

This is so sad. It was a beautiful piece of architecture. I guess that the powers that be have no sense of history and beauty.

Sad...A unique structure gone, Detroit or any other city for that matter cannot let things like this happen, people just don't care and that needs to change, now...

This is what three things happen to beautiful Detroit skyscrapers: 1. Torn down for parking or pointless green space. 2. Turned into government offices. 3. Rotting away sadly.

Looking real good, huh? The Lafayette Building was an invaluable piece of Detroit history, and its demolition was an absolute travesty.

Ah, this was a beautiful structure in its day, and though I was devastated to see it pissed on, neglected, and finally raised, Detroit did not deserve it anymore.

@ssdphoto I agree. Watch the other collapse video of the other side. It was shocking what they did. Especially with the occupied buildings attached, and how debris nearly falls into the entrances of them. I cant believe these yahoos are licensed to do this.

I have no idea why I'm watching this again. It always makes me tear up a bit. When I was a little kid, my first sports games were the Tigers here and the Wings. We need jobs in the D so we can pay to keep historical structures around and looking nice. If Alcatraz were in MI, I'd bet $50 it would have been demolished by now.

If they just used the same Thermite that was wired to the Twin Towers, this wouldn't have taken very long.

@FurrtherMoor I was horrified when I saw the method they used. No wonder they wrecked their new Jewell High Reach the first day. This building should have been taken down by a single crane with a wrecking ball from the top down. Pulling the structure over after weakening the base is just insane especially in the downtown area with ZERO dust suppression.

They demolished a nice structurally sound building that ( adjusted to inflation) took $36 million to build. . . If you get lemons make lemonade. Don't throw the lemons away.

@wwefanworld Did you say the N word?

@britdemo In a country less than 300 years old...this building was historical. Yes Europe is older than the USA...doesn't make it any better or worse

Is this going to be on the BBC any time soon

I know motown is in bad shape but if they keep doing this there will be nothing left of its glory days left to preserve, and second when a building goes down like this rare style a little bit of our culture dies with it, as well as the gift our ancesters strove and broke their backs to build for us to use, like an old church or civic center, they dont build them like this anymore and not to the degree of the style even when they do reproduce it. signed manga12

@Blahh992 vacant, not being used, safety hazourd