Detroit officials look ahead after Mammoth Building demolition ends

A new era has begun on Detroit’s west side. The final piece of the Mammoth Building came down on Sunday.

“We worked extremely hard over the years to get this location of the mammoth building, formerly Kingsway, formerly Federals, to come down, because for 20 years that have been closed,” James Tate, Detroit City Council president pro tem, District 1, said, “and every year there was an additional layer of decay that has brought down this neighborhood.”

In August, demolition got started on the former department store located on Grand River Avenue and Greenfield Road after years of legal battles…

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