Stranded at the Corner: About Film

Executive producer: Peter Comstock Riley
Produced, directed and shot by Gary Glaser
Written & produced by Richard Bak
Edited by Alan C. Contino
Music by David Staub

Lighting & sound: James Hood
Creative consulting: Lexicon Services
Transcripts: Jacqueline E. Frincke

Here is a partial line up of people appearing in Stranded at The Corner and what they have to say:

Kim Alvarez – local board member of the APT (Association for Preservation Technology) and the Society of Architectural Historians, re: her work with the Fenway Park rehab group, saving Fenway, and her participation in the in design of “green monster” seating area.
Lou Beer – Sports Attorney/Developer, re: establishment of Navin Consortium ( with Steve Thomas, below), and a plan to have “mixed use” and minor league baseball at Tiger Stadium.
Basil “Mickey” Briggs – grandson of Walter, son of "Spike” Briggs, re: his family’s involvement with the Tigers and “Briggs Stadium.”
John and Judy Davids – architects and designers of the Cochrane Plan, which would have equipped Tiger Stadium with luxury boxes and other modern amenities, re: their participation in the fight to keep the Tigers resident in Tiger Stadium.
Bill Dow – writer/attorney affiliated with the Tiger Stadium Fan Club's efforts from 1987 to 1996 to save Tiger Stadium.
Ray Formosa – Owner, Brooks Lumber (located across Trumbull Avenue from Tiger Stadium), re: his collection of baseballs that have gone over the stadium wall, and the people who hit them (e.g.: Reggie Jackson, Kirk Gibson).
Francis Grunow – Executive Director of Preservation Wayne, re: the general need for historic preservation in the Detroit area, including Tiger Stadium
Curt Guyette – investigative reporter for the Metro Times, re: the how and why of the city of Detroit’s inability to select and work with a developer.
Bill Haase – recently Senior Vice President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and former Tiger Chief Operating Officer, re: his years in Tiger Stadium and his recommendations for the park’s future.
Willie Horton – former Detroit Tiger outfielder, part of the ’68 championship team, re: sneaking into stadium as a kid, segregation in Lakeland, cooking ribs in the bullpen.
Kelli Kavanaugh – representative of Corktown Development Group (historic Corktown is Detroit’s oldest neighborhood and the location of Tiger Stadium), re: CDG’s current proposal for “mixed use” stadium redevelopment (Bennett Park Plan).
Bill Lee – Commissioner, Frontier Baseball League (planned interview – not yet filmed, re: his attempt to bring minor league ball to Tiger Stadium)
Maryann Mahaffey – Detroit City Council President, re: the need to save Tiger Stadium, the shame of letting it sit and rot, and the embarrassment of the city’s paying for its “maintenance.”
David Malhalab – Detroit police officer, re: his personal effort to save the stadium (wrote the city a $2 check earmarked for stadium purchase; city cashed it, making him “owner” of the stadium and generating national press and TV coverage).
Scott Martin – Executive Director, Greater Corktown Development Corporation, re: the importance of stadium plans to Corktown neighborhood development.
Vincent Michael – Art Institute of Chicago, re: importance of Wrigley Field to the community, the stadium’s history, “Wrigleyville,” and the importance of rooftops.
Benny Napoleon – Former Detroit Chief of Police, re: going to Tiger Stadium as a youngster, working duty assignments there, the relationship between African American fans and Tiger Stadium.
Frank Rashid – founder of the Tiger Stadium Fan Club, re: early efforts to keep the Tigers in Tiger Stadium
Fred Rice – thirty-five years a Navin Field / Briggs Stadium / Tiger Stadium usher, re: seeing Gehrig’s last game, watching Ty Cobb, witnessing the Bobby Lane Lions Championship.
Peter Comstock Riley – former Tiger employee, now General Manager, Michigan and Trumbull, LLC; re: his multiple offers to maintain the stadium
Thom Sharp – Comedian, re: tragi-comic commentary on stadium conditions.
Steve Thomas – Owner, Designated Hatter (store catering to sports collectors), re: a career that began as he sold peanuts outside the stadium, then t-shirts, then opened a store, and now is a successful, partner in the Navin Field Consortium (w/ Lou Beer above); the Consortium’s plan for Tiger Stadium
James Turner – former president of Preservation Wayne, current member of the Detroit Historical Commission, re: the stadium’s place in Detroit preservation and restoration
Various historians and preservationists who participated in the National Preserve & Play conference (held in Chicago earlier this year), re: strategies to preserve historic ballparks, amusement parks, and similar structures.