Comments on: Chrysler’s Auburn Hills HQ Rumor http://criticaldetroit.org/chryslers-auburn-hills-hq-rumor/ engaging local architecture Sun, 13 May 2012 22:57:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Terry http://criticaldetroit.org/chryslers-auburn-hills-hq-rumor/comment-page-1/#comment-10414 Terry Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:55:35 +0000 http://criticaldetroit.org/?p=922#comment-10414 I agree, it would be a bit much. But it's interesting nonetheless. Perhaps they imagined something like moving back closer to it's old space in Highland Park or to the city of Detroit? As I recall the move came out of conflict with a variety of things related to doing business in Highland Park / Detroit. They wanted tax breaks and government assistance that they didn't get, they fought with the then mayor Coleman Young about this and other things, and after they got fed up, moved to the land they already owned in Auburn Hills. That was such a shame. If it's at all true, I would imagine that the thinking about such a possibility to convert was largely based on Dennis Archer getting into office after there plans were set, along with Bill Clinton getting into office then too. The Federal Government Republicans and Coleman Young never clicked, and that made business harder for everyone in the city for many more years. When Clinton & Archer came in the support and cooperation to regenerate troubled inner cities started to get more traction in Detroit and elsewhere. Interesting article! Thanks! I agree, it would be a bit much. But it’s interesting nonetheless. Perhaps they imagined something like moving back closer to it’s old space in Highland Park or to the city of Detroit?

As I recall the move came out of conflict with a variety of things related to doing business in Highland Park / Detroit. They wanted tax breaks and government assistance that they didn’t get, they fought with the then mayor Coleman Young about this and other things, and after they got fed up, moved to the land they already owned in Auburn Hills. That was such a shame.

If it’s at all true, I would imagine that the thinking about such a possibility to convert was largely based on Dennis Archer getting into office after there plans were set, along with Bill Clinton getting into office then too.

The Federal Government Republicans and Coleman Young never clicked, and that made business harder for everyone in the city for many more years. When Clinton & Archer came in the support and cooperation to regenerate troubled inner cities started to get more traction in Detroit and elsewhere.

Interesting article! Thanks!

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