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Mayor Cecil O. Creal at the demolition of Allenel Hotel, October 1964 Photographer: Doug Fulton

Mayor Cecil O. Creal at the demolition of Allenel Hotel, October 1964 image
Year:
1964
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 1, 1964
Caption:
"Sidewalk Superintendent": Mayor Cecil O. Creal was among dozens of "sidewalk superintendents" who today watched a crane equipped with a clam bucket "chew down" a S. Fourth Ave. portion of the old Allenel Hotel. It will be replaced with a 12-story, $4,000,000 motor hotel, containing 200 guest rooms. Creal has been a staunch supporter of a new downtown hotel and threw city support toward getting the 12-story one. A 150-car municipal carport will be built adjacent to the hotel and near the point the crane is pictured. The new hotel - to be called the Ann Arbor Inn - is scheduled to be completed in November, 1965.

Razing of the Old Allenel Hotel, September 1964 Photographer: Doug Fulton

Razing of the Old Allenel Hotel, September 1964 image
Year:
1964
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 2, 1964
Caption:
The rearmost portion of the old Allenel Hotel is being razed by hand on S. Fourth Ave. to detach the old hotel from an adjacent building to prevent vibration carry-through. Most of the remainder of the hotel will be demolished by steel ball and "clam" bucket. The hotel is being razed to make way for a new, $3,000,000 one 10 stories high.