Harwell’s plan to save Tiger Stadium growing – Detroit, Michigan

Isaac Kremer/ August 28, 2007/ preservation

Plans for Tiger Stadium appear to be blank" >target="_blank" >gaining glossary/momentum/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="4af57c7878a86bf63aa848df46105549" target="_blank" >momentum. Adding 10 acres of nearby surface parking lots to the plan is being considered. Museums for Detroit-oriented music, and another for baseball memorabilia have been proposed. When speaking about why he is pursuing these plans, Harwell is quoted as saying: “In America, we have a tendency to knock down anything that’s over 30 years old and make a lot/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="015f75eb4090904e6f535eb738aa9c4c" target="_blank" >parking lot out of it. Whereas in Europe they preserve all these beautiful buildings and structures that have a history. I sort of like the European approach.”

Free Press writer John Gallagher discusses these plans in his August 21 article, located at:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070821/NEWS01/70821061/0/SPORTS16

 

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