Posted on Tue, Aug 6, 2013 : 1:11 p.m.
Photos from the Liberty Square demolition
By Tom Perkins
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The view from a vacant Liberty Square townhome.
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Liberty Square's 17 buildings are prepped for demolition.
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The charred remains of a Liberty Square townhome.
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The view from a vacant Liberty Square townhome
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The Michigan Land Bank and Ypsilanti Township partnered on Liberty Square's demolition.
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State officials from the Michigan Land Bank and Ypsilanti Township officials gathered for a brief ceremony prior to demolition starting.
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A vacant apartment prepped for demolition.
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Liberty Square's 17 buildings are prepped for demolition.
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Liberty Square's 17 buildings are prepped for demolition.
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Demolition begins on the first of 17 buildings.
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Liberty Square's 17 buildings are prepped for demolition.
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An excavator demolishes a townhouse in Liberty Square.
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- Related coverage: First building demolished in blighted Liberty Square housing complex
The demolition of the blighted Liberty Square townhome complex in Ypsilanti Township began Monday afternoon.
It marks the beginning of a three-month demolition process.
Tom Perkins captured these images as the demolition got underway.
Tom Perkins is a freelance reporter.
Comments
jns131
Thu, Aug 8, 2013 : 2:52 a.m.
You know something? When I see these homes I think of what this site could have become. Another well developed area like the one on Ellsworth Road. Braeburn Circle. Sigh what leaches do to a very well to do area. Suck em dry and leave the bones to rot. So sad.
anti-thug
Wed, Aug 7, 2013 : 2:07 a.m.
reach people would have never been forced out and wouldn't have slum lard
brian
Wed, Aug 7, 2013 : 12:26 a.m.
So long forever, forever, forever.