Showing posts with label Lafayette Building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lafayette Building. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Growing Lafayette Greens

Work has commenced on Lafayette Greens.  The community garden, located at the site of the the demolished Lafayette building, is one of two gardens announced by Compuware back in March.







Friday, May 06, 2011

Nothing Growing at Compuware Gardens


Back in March of this year, Compuware's art and community program manager announced Compuware's urban gardening project. Community gardens will be established on the former sites of the Lafayette and Hudson buildings. Compuware employees will plant and tend these gardens with the produce harvested from the space going to local non-profits, such as Gleaners. Thus far, there are no visible signs of any development on either of these sites which are set to open in July.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Detroit 2.0: Hudson, Lafayette Building sites to be Community Gardens

Compuware employees will tend community gardens on the sites of the Hudson building (Premier Garage) and the Lafayette Building. What a great use for an underground parking structure that was constructed to support a 15 story structure above it.  There is dumb and then there is Detroit dumb!

Sunday, September 05, 2010

All that Remains


The Lafayette Building is no more.  Welcome to your new pocket park to be named later.



Sunday, March 14, 2010

This Olde Building

In honor of the demise of the Lafayette Building, Faded Detroit brings you the Olde Building. The former Grand Trunk office building came down in 2004 to provide more parking for the Dime Building. This was followed by the the demolition of People’s Outfitting Company (Detroit Commerce Building) in 2007 and the Lafayette Building in 2010.


Monday, March 08, 2010

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

The Lafayette Building has fallen.  The remains of the structure were brought down Saturday night.  All that remains are bits and pieces of its steel skeleton and a pile of debris.



Monday, January 18, 2010

Demolition Day



Demolition Day, originally uploaded by A Dubs.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Lafayette Building Next to Fall

The 1923 C. Howard Crane designed Lafayette Building could meet the wrecking ball within the next two weeks thanks to a unanimous vote by the Detroit Downtown Development Authority. Detroit-based Adamo Demolition Company will eliminate the historic building for a fee of $1,445,888. The building will be replaced by a "pocket park" of grass and shrubbery.