
By the mid-1990s, the Wolverine had been ravaged by scrappers and vandals and had become just another eyesore downtown.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.

Photo by Don Coles of Great Lakes Aerial Photos; used by HistoricDetroit.org with permission

Photo by Don Coles of Great Lakes Aerial Photos; used by HistoricDetroit.org with permission

Photo by Don Coles of Great Lakes Aerial Photos; used by HistoricDetroit.org with permission

Photo by Don Coles of Great Lakes Aerial Photos; used by HistoricDetroit.org with permission

The Wolverine, center, and YMCA, at right, were among the buildings razed to make way for Comerica Park.
Photo by Don Coles of Great Lakes Aerial Photos; used by HistoricDetroit.org with permission

Everything you see was plowed under for Comerica Park.
Photo by Don Coles of Great Lakes Aerial Photos; used by HistoricDetroit.org with permission

Photo by Don Coles of Great Lakes Aerial Photos; used by HistoricDetroit.org with permission
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Photo by Don Coles of Great Lakes Aerial Photos; used by HistoricDetroit.org with permission
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Photo by Don Coles of Great Lakes Aerial Photos; used by HistoricDetroit.org with permission