1,466 Comments Posted by autoguy

Those are tiny hot air balloons piloted by fleas.

Peeling veneer. The old craftsmanship is left lost and forlorn. Maybe it will be saved, no telling. Does no one care? Is there no justice? All that's left is the zombies? Oh the humanity!

I found a bunch of great old photos of this place in either the Detroit library system or the local historical society. This 1910 image is awesome.

Packard is being renovated? Many have had dreams, but there's never been any real effort so far.

And still more good paneling to go to a good home. Same here toot, the salvers left some iron railings? They must be real tough to get out.

I've never seen any such critter. That's the damnedest thing. Did it look like a building material item?

Damned zombies sure are messy.

Awesome materials that could live on in other buildings, but all some goofballs see is stuff to burn. The older buildings are the old growth forests that will never be seen again.

More blather:

"Around 2005, the former Transfiguration property was purchased by Raffaello Follieri, a con artist who claimed he was going to use his inside connections with the Vatican to buy churches for low prices and rehabilitate them into community centers. Instead, he lived a lavish lifestyle with his girlfriend at the time, actress Anne Hathaway. He had no inside connections, in fact the Vatican Secretary of State official disavowed any connection to Follieri. He lost bids on all other churches he tried to purchase, except for Transfiguration and two others. When the property was resold after Follieri's imprisonment, the buyers (The Boys' Latin of Philadelphia Charter School) only wanted the school building and quickly demolished the convent, rectory and finally the church in 2009, before any opposition could be raised by the community."

"The mosaic stations of the cross from Transfiguration are now beautifully displayed at St. Elizabeth's Church in Upper Uwchlan Township PA, as are three large stained glass windows depicting Jesus before Pilate, Jesus being taken down from the Cross and the Resurrection. "

The original had been saved: "The stained glass window depiction of Raphael's Transfiguration, that was once over the front doors of Transfiguration's upper church (in the choir loft), has been installed behind the main altar of the Immaculate Conception Church in Cottonwood, Arizona."

Thanks for sharing! An empty lot? So plenty of time was there for a proper salvage. Boy does that add insult to injury! Something just doesn't add up. I think somebody in power had it out for the place. Nothing else makes sense.

Saint Larry, Saint Moe, and Saint Curly. Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk, whoop-whoop-whoop. Yeah, closer to hell I'm moving. I'm feeling the heat.

The time and craftsmanship in that is incredible, yes. I can't imagine how to save it. Cut it into pieces. Remove lines of tiles for the cuts? Who would even pay the huge amount of money to salvage it?

The amount of old growth oak in those pews is insane. As one could guess, any hint of plaster failing could mean large heavy chunks might fall and kill people. In many cases, getting behind it to properly stop that is impossible. It looks great until a 1000 pound chunk falls and squashes you. I'm going to hell now, so I don't want to be hit.

Awesome stone work. I'll guess the back entrance to the dungeon sub levels. Stretch racks, iron maidens. "Corrective measures" for young boys caught masturbating and girls that dared to take their panties off. Included spectator galleries for the clergy I'm sure. (Yes, I'm going to hell now! :oD)