1,827 Comments Posted by eldokid@aol.com

I would love to live in a place like this

An update to my comment of several years back. I did finally get the courage to start up my projector and Dave (above) is SO right! It is rather loud, sounding like a Sunbeam mixmaster whipping up egg whites! The smell of burning dust, lubricating oil and hot film instantly brought back so many memories of my youth. It did seem to be a little rough on the film, not as gentle like the Bell & Howell's I have. But it did work after not being used for many many years and proves they were machines that were built to last.

I can imagine an old Grandfather clock on that second landing, quietly ticking away the hours. . .

You can tell the quality and expense that went in to building this mansion. Look at the ceiling and the lathing and how close it is. I remember my mothers house had plaster and lath walls and the lath was farther apart than this.

Jack, I agree with you 100%. I refuse to purchase new furniture for just that reason. Six months later, it falls apart. When I had to buy office furniture for my job, the desks were pretty expensive and when they came in a box I found out it was just particle board. After a few months of use, two out of the three desks had fallen apart. I was taught how to reupholster furniture when I was in my 20s and I would rather hunt the junk shops for certain styles of a chair and then redo it. Guaranteed it will last. I did one back in 1982 or 83 and it's still holding up pretty well.

It's a shame but soon Detroit is going to be nothing more than prairie land. By the time they finish demolishing all the abandoned buildings, and with many people fleeing like rats off a sinking ship, what else is left? It's unfortunate that any American city has to go through this.

I'm sure it looked a lot nicer when it was in use and newer.

Reminds me of a Smurf house!

Wow, talk about your skid marks!

Speaking of doors, that door with the windows in it reminds me of my mothers house. She had them between the living room and dining room and always called them "French Doors". Not sure how accurate that was, but they were nice.

That orange one on the right HAS to be from the 70s

The people that set this place on fire should burn in Hell for all eternity.

I know this is late but for whatever it's worth. . . there was an overhead tram system in a department store in downtown Schenectady that was used for sending merchandise from the stock area down to the floors where the customers were. I imagine this may have been similar?

I've had days where I felt like I probably looked like this, good gosh!

dare I ask? Why are Kelloggs products banned?