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Last Train On The CASO Line

December 3, 2012
Regular reader Michael O sent along these pictures taken near his house. This is the last train to pass the CASO line… This train was coming along the track on Saturday morning and helping to remove the sections of track behind it… A view of the remaining track… Michael pointed out when he first moved near the track, Amtrak still operated passenger service from Detroit to…
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Demolition Notice

November 30, 2012
A pair of demolitions underway this week… First off and already gone, the former Horseshoe Battery on Ouellette Ave. on the south end of the Jackson Park overpass. This one started the other day, and it’s already long gone. Not any kind of historic building…
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501 Erie Street West - Demolition

May 2, 2012
Photo © Will Foot Today’s photo comes courtesy of my brother who happened by Erie and Bruce yesterday. We first looked at this place back in October, 2008. If you take a look at the pictures in that post, you’ll see a copy of the order posted to the building. That order was: AN ORDER TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING AND CLEAR THE SITE ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 1, 2008. Demolition finally got under…
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Walkerville Train Station

March 23, 2012
A neat link sent to me from Tim Swaddling, yields this image of the Walkerville Depot from when it first opened as the CN station. The photo is taken from the CN Archives, which were donated to the Canadian Science & Technology Museum for public archival access &#8211…
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Highland Park Police Station - 1917 - 2012

February 3, 2012
The historic Highland Park Police Station in Highland Park, just off of Woodward Avenue, came down by building eater on Tuesday of this week. An article about the demolition can be found here: http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2012/01/photos_crew_demolishing_histor.html My pictures were shot back in 2003, over the last 9 years, the building has become vandalized, and looted and open to…
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Ye Olde Grand Tavern - 1014 Howard Avenue

December 12, 2011
A few weeks back a news story ran about the closing of the Grand Tavern on Howard Avenue, just south of Erie. The building was recently sold, and demolition is planned to provide off street parking for Erie Street patrons. While there’s not too much to add from the…