Friday, October 08, 2010

Detroit 1-8-7 Scene By Scene: Nobody's Home/Unknown Soldier

This week after I noticed a home in the cultural district cut into a sequence that took place in Brush Park, I decide to go through my archives and try to match ABC's shots scene by scene.

William Milliken State Park
2007
William Milliken State Park
2007
John J. Owen House (Incidentally, Fredrick Street is NOT in Brush Park)

2006
263 Edmund, Brush Park
2006
287 Alfred, Brush Park
2005
Brush Park
2007
Patterson Terrace, Brush Park
2004
Atwater Block Brewery
2009
Jacoby's
2005
Franklin Street/Dequindre Cut
2010

Friday, September 24, 2010

Plan B for Globe Trading Company Complex

William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor has received a $25,000 grant from Coca-Cola, the American Parks Foundation and the National Park Foundation. The money will be used to turn the Globe Trading Company building into a 17,000 square-foot play area.

Instead of converting the space into market-rate condominiums and retail space, the building will contain a rock climbing wall, playscape, obstacle course and a state-of-the-art archery range.

It remains to be seen where the additional funds needed to complete this project will come from.

*UPDATE*

It turns out that the plan only calls for a portion of the building to be used for the playscape. A private developer will develope the rest. M-Bike.org has posted a few renderings of the  building developed by the DNRE.