Up and down times for Tiger Stadium

The Tiger Stadium's stay of execution was lifted Monday according to the Associated Press but Freep writer Bill McGraw wonders if the fight over a stadium that is already 75 percent gone worth the energy, considering abandonment is a problem throughout the city.

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If we are going to worry about Michigan and Trumbull, why not such endangered corners as Sawyer and Ashton, W. Robinwood and Charleston, and W. Warren and W. Grand Boulevard, where a library sits crumbling and abandoned?

One sign fastened last week to the fence that surrounds Tiger Stadium made a similar point.

The sign said: “Demolish the DANGEROUS burnt-out homes on MY STREET before an HISTORIC LANDMARK.”

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