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07/07/2004 Archived Entry: "Tiger Stadium"

Detroit has spent about $2 million just to do nothing with Tiger Stadium. Tiger Stadium sits on a crumbling cobbled road across from Corktown, flanked by a few bars. What to do with this place? From the article:

Mike Novak, a Detroit entertainment attorney who brought acts such as the Eagles and Kiss to Tiger Stadium before the team moved, said it's a waste for the building to be unused:

"It's a shame it's left sitting there like an abandoned car."

This sounds like a job for the writing class! Following the spirit of Stalking Detroit, I'd like to design an assignment that has students redesign a usage for Tiger Stadium that defies expectation (i.e., no shopping centers, condos, or other already proposed ideas). To do the assignment, you have to first conduct a walking tour of the area, map your movements and thoughts as you conduct the tour, research and investigate the neighborhood, roads, personalities, places, homes, etc. found within the area, interview and talk to residents, imagine and suppose, and finally use your work to create a new usage (appropriation) of the stadium. A Situationist meets Sebald meets Benjamin kind of project.

Do it as a website or multi-media presentation - video, film, Flash, or any combo.