“If I was 15 minutes late, they would have already had the wrecking ball hit the building, destroying it. So, I’m glad I was here early to catch it.”
Joe Mifsud, the owner of the building that now houses Two James Distillery and Cork & Gabel in Detroit’s Corktown, on Michigan Avenue near Michigan Central Station, has a story to tell.
Mifsud bought the building nearly 20 years ago. It was a big deal to him, the first building he ever bought. But it was almost reduced to a pile of rubble.
“When I first bought it, there wasn’t one window on the building – not one door.
