Comments on: Glimpsing Inside City Hall East

By: smalltowngal

smalltowngal — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:02:23 +0000

I remember going shopping there too, in the late ’60s. First time (as a visitor from the sticks) in a multi-tiered parking garage. That was more exotic than the huge store.

By: GAJoe

GAJoe — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:17:04 +0000

When I was a boy I used to shop at that Sears with my Dad. He loved Sears. The retail departments occupied the bottom two or three levels. They looked like any other department store. I always wondered what the rest of the building looked like. I think it was a major hub for the catalog distribution maybe that’s why there’s all those old parts.

Years later I worked for the GSU architecture department and would go into some of the buildings GSU was thinking of buying. They were often abandoned and quite scary, sort of like the buildings in Bladerunner, dripping water, odd noises.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:20:38 +0000

You could have gotten fingerprints done at Decatur PD – a much more pleasant experience.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:13:27 +0000

So wait, they’re turning them into lofts? Or is that just the rumor? I’d be interested to hear about a time line for that project.

By: Gary the K

Gary the K — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:39:33 +0000

Lots of asbestos.

By: Moonmommy

Moonmommy — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:37:16 +0000

I have been in there several times to get finger printed…a story for another time…

The place always smelled bad.

Reminds me of the photos I have seen here:
http://www.sweetjuniperphoto.com/search/label/detroit%20public%20schools

By: Parker Cross

Parker Cross — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:17:37 +0000

GARAGE SALE!!!

By: cubalibre

cubalibre — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:48:31 +0000

Surely they’re not going to just throw away all of those boxes with the core samples in them? The boxes look to be made of beautiful pine planks– I bet a re-use construction firm would buy them to re-purpose them into floors. They’d be gorgeous!

Other than that, I must confess it would seriously creep me out to be in that place after dark.