Comments on: Destroying History. http://www.kempa.com/2006/02/02/destroying-history/ Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will http://www.kempa.com/2006/02/02/destroying-history/comment-page-1/#comment-866 Will Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:46:53 +0000 http://kempa.com/wp/?p=286#comment-866 Congrats on being mentioned <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/48943" rel="nofollow">here</a>. (Mefi front page). Congrats on being mentioned here. (Mefi front page).

]]> By: Tim Ivers http://www.kempa.com/2006/02/02/destroying-history/comment-page-1/#comment-865 Tim Ivers Sun, 05 Feb 2006 08:44:12 +0000 http://kempa.com/wp/?p=286#comment-865 I think it's a shame that the Motown building was demolished... but in all honesty downtown needed to rid it self of this eyesore. I think it’s a shame that the Motown building was demolished… but in all honesty downtown needed to rid it self of this eyesore.

]]> By: Jake http://www.kempa.com/2006/02/02/destroying-history/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Jake Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:52:25 +0000 http://kempa.com/wp/?p=286#comment-864 Detroitblog.org has been covering this for a while. He breaks into old buildings and takes pictures of crap. <a href="http://www.detroitblog.org/?p=113" rel="nofollow">http://www.detroitblog.org/?p=113</a> <a href="http://www.detroitblog.org/?p=342" rel="nofollow">http://www.detroitblog.org/?p=342</a> <a href="http://www.detroitblog.org/?p=343" rel="nofollow">http://www.detroitblog.org/?p=343</a> <a href="http://www.detroitblog.org/?p=345" rel="nofollow">http://www.detroitblog.org/?p=345</a> I wish he would've saved more stuff out of there than he did. What a shame. What a waste. "The demolition of Motown followed its destruction years ago by a greedy Berry Gordy, who left the city that made him and his company what they were, so he could go to a place that didn’t really need him. It’s the old story of abandoning one’s roots for greener pastures. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t. Unbeknownst to Gordy, his and Motown’s best days were behind them by the time they left." Detroitblog.org has been covering this for a while. He breaks into old buildings and takes pictures of crap.

http://www.detroitblog.org/?p=113
http://www.detroitblog.org/?p=342
http://www.detroitblog.org/?p=343
http://www.detroitblog.org/?p=345

I wish he would’ve saved more stuff out of there than he did. What a shame. What a waste.

“The demolition of Motown followed its destruction years ago by a greedy Berry Gordy, who left the city that made him and his company what they were, so he could go to a place that didn’t really need him. It’s the old story of abandoning one’s roots for greener pastures. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t. Unbeknownst to Gordy, his and Motown’s best days were behind them by the time they left.”

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