City sues to evict Matty from Riverside Park
11/26/08
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By Joel Thurtell
The city of Detroit Monday filed suit in 36th District Court to evict the Detroit International Bridge Co., aka the Ambassador Bridge, aka Manuel “Matty” Moroun, from the city’s Riverside Park next door to the bridge, a city source said.
Sometime after 9/11 in 2001, Moroun seized parts of the park, claiming he needed them to protect the bridge from potential terrorists.
Moroun’s workers padlocked the public boat launch on the Detroit River, and they fenced off a section of the park at 23rd Street near Fort so Moroun could store construction materials on what once were public basketball courts and a shady, grassy park.
A hearing has been set for sometime in December.
JOTR will publish more details as we find them.
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