Cass Tech High School (old) - Demolition photos
Cass Tech High School (old)
The view from the balcony of the Frances Hamburger Auditorium on June 19, 2011, with demolition under way.
Looking out a half-demolished classroom toward the Motor City Casino-Hotel on June 19, 2011.
The view of the demolition as seen from the MGM Grand Detroit casino parking garage on June 14, 2011.
Cass Tech fades from the Detroit skyline Aug. 4, 2011.
Hallways lined with lockers are exposed as Cass Tech is ripped open. Note the mural at bottom left.
Demolition often stretched late into the night.
Demolition often stretched late into the night with misters blowing into the wee hours of the morning to try to keep the dust down.
New Cass Tech, on the left, cost old Cass Tech its life.
The 1980s addition was the first part of the building to be demolished. Photo taken April 9, 2011.
The demolition as seen from Grand River Avenue
Demolition along Grand River Avenue on June 20, 2011
The Frances Hamburger Auditorium was the first part of the original structure to be ripped open.
Demolition of Cass Tech on July 27, 2011
Demolition of Cass Tech on July 26, 2011
The Second Avenue facade was the last to fall.
Classrooms were exposed as the building was slowly sheared away by wrecking equipment.
The Second Avenue facade was the last to fall.
Demolition often stretched late into the night.
The Second Avenue facade was the last to fall.
The new Cass Tech looks on as its predecessor succumbs to the wrecking ball July 21, 2011.
Demolition of Cass Tech on July 8, 2011
Another landmark is erased from the city skyline.
Demolition of the historic part of the school on July 1, 2011.
A crane rips apart old Cass Tech
Wreckers tear into the auditorium June 20, 2011