Cass Tech High School (old) - Demolition photos
Cass Tech High School (old)
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The view from the balcony of the Frances Hamburger Auditorium on June 19, 2011, with demolition under way.
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Looking out a half-demolished classroom toward the Motor City Casino-Hotel on June 19, 2011.
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The view of the demolition as seen from the MGM Grand Detroit casino parking garage on June 14, 2011.
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Cass Tech fades from the Detroit skyline Aug. 4, 2011.
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Hallways lined with lockers are exposed as Cass Tech is ripped open. Note the mural at bottom left.
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Demolition often stretched late into the night.
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Demolition often stretched late into the night with misters blowing into the wee hours of the morning to try to keep the dust down.
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New Cass Tech, on the left, cost old Cass Tech its life.
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The 1980s addition was the first part of the building to be demolished. Photo taken April 9, 2011.
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The demolition as seen from Grand River Avenue
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Demolition along Grand River Avenue on June 20, 2011
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The Frances Hamburger Auditorium was the first part of the original structure to be ripped open.
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Demolition of Cass Tech on July 27, 2011
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Demolition of Cass Tech on July 26, 2011
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The Second Avenue facade was the last to fall.
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Classrooms were exposed as the building was slowly sheared away by wrecking equipment.
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The Second Avenue facade was the last to fall.
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Demolition often stretched late into the night.
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The Second Avenue facade was the last to fall.
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The new Cass Tech looks on as its predecessor succumbs to the wrecking ball July 21, 2011.
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Demolition of Cass Tech on July 8, 2011
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Another landmark is erased from the city skyline.
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Demolition of the historic part of the school on July 1, 2011.
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A crane rips apart old Cass Tech
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Wreckers tear into the auditorium June 20, 2011