Posted on 11/14/2009 7:56:33 AM PST by Son House
A project to encase one of Detroit's thousands of abandoned homes in ice this winter to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region is moving forward and expanding.
Photographer Gregory Holm said this week that the state's land bank agreed to donate a home on the city's east side for the Ice House Detroit project.
The scope of the project by Holm and freelance architect Matthew Radune is growing. They plan to use some money they've raised to help a Detroit family get a home by paying back taxes on a foreclosure.
Holm also said early-release prisoners will help take apart and recycle materials from the frozen home. The Detroit area's foreclosure rate is among the nation's highest
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They plan to use some money they've raised to help a Detroit family get a home by paying back taxes on a foreclosure.
Well somebody has to pay!
Always someone wanting a free pony.
They plan to use some money they've raised to help a Detroit family get a home by paying back taxes on a foreclosure.
They'd be better off just giving 'em a one-way bus ticket to Tampa or someplace like that.
What Detroit needs are lots of D-7 Dozers with Rome Plow Blades.
Let the city foreclose for unpaid taxes and auction it off themselves.
Shouldn’t the bank have paid the taxes out of the escrow? The home should be foreclosed long, long before tax liens exceed the value of the property.
Once frozen, how long will it be until the local arsonsists-in-training attempt the burn down. An ice-encrusted house will certainly test their mettle.
Ping
Detroit does not have a foreclosure problem; it has an abandonment problem.
All-too-common feelgood nonsense.
A building in Detroit getting scrapped isn't news. It happens all the time--abandoned buildings, occupied buildings, buildings undergoing renovation, the occasional car, etc.
He said was anxious to see his childhood neighborhood after the burial. I said “What neighborhood?”
When he saw that the Eastside had about 20% of the houses it used to have he was shocked. Then I saw a pheasant.
The Eastside has returned to what it was 100 years ago: fields with pheasants and racoons.
You can bring the Dozers but you'll only need a couple.
The bigger question is: How much electricity will it take to keep the ice frozen because of global warming and is that energy produced from coal, oil or natural gas?
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I see you the alias for Michigan pingings. I recently have discovered how bad it has been in Detroit. I understand many argue to bulldoze the city, but I think it is a very special American treasure that has been ravished by Liberal Democratic Party policies and lies, talk conservative, govern liberal.
LOL!
another thread that deserves this repost:
The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit
http://www.detroityes.com/home.htm
Yep, the Katrina-like Welfare disaster in Detroit was also a long time in the making. Keeping citizens dependent on Government assures reason for votes at election time
This one’s cool too;
Welcome to the historic
Boston-Edison neighborhood
http://www.historicbostonedison.org/
The Boston-Edison Historic District is an instantly recognizable address in the heart of Detroit, containing over 900 homes. Most homes were constructed between 1905 and 1925 and range in size from modest two-story vernaculars to impressive mansions. Early residents of Boston-Edison included Henry Ford, James Couzens, Horace Rackham, Sebastian Kresge, and Joe Louis.
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One of the real estate for sale links;
Home > 1441 Longfellow St
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1441-Longfellow-St_Detroit_MI_48206_1113408100
1441 Longfellow St Detroit, MI 48206
$6,500
5 Bed, 2.5 Bath | 2,436 Sq Ft
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