The Detroit News: Demolition of dreams: 12 Detroit homes razed by mistake
Kristine Diven thought she had her dream house.For $500 at a tax auction in October, she and fellow artist Micho "Detronik" McAdow bought an empty two-story home on Detroit's east side. Thrilled with its crown molding, hardwood floors and fireplace mantels adorned with Pewabic tile, the pair planned to fix it up and move in by spring.
As a first step, Diven, 36, prepared to board up the Morningside neighborhood house to protect it against vandals and wintertime damage. But when she and McAdow drove down Beaconsfield Street one evening in December, their new house was gone.
"Instead of taking measurements for the boards we needed, we found our house in a pile," she said.
The structure had been demolished — mistakenly — by the state's Land Bank Fast Track Authority as part of a program to eliminate blight near three east-side schools.
At least 11 other properties, purchased by a local investor, also were demolished by mistake, said Karla Henderson, director of the city's planning and facilities department.
Between the tons of corruption, on top of corruption, racism, and crime, it can't be unexpected that you'll have this level of incompetence piled on top.
2 comments:
I think Detroit made out ion this one. The only thing worse than blight or a vacant lot is hipster "artists" infesting a neighborhood and sitting around all day whining about raw deals they've gotten because, being jobless, they have nothing better to do in between government checks and the subsequent monthly all-night parties.
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