Endangered Detroit...

CONGRATULATIONS to Detroit for making the National Trust for Historic Preservation "11 Most Endangered Places" List!

The National Trust actually states something that continues to elude our newspapers and evening news broadcasts, "a 'hit list' recently issued by the city calls for the demolition of more than 100 buildings in preparation for the 2006 Super Bowl." The Madison-Lenox Hotel was the most recent violation of historic preservation and the Statler Hotel is currently being destroyed as I type this message.

Their analysis is as clear as daylight, "...the ultimate threat is a series of institutional mindsets within Detroit's political and financial hierarchy." In otherwords, simple, selfish, greedy and corrupt.