The Reid Building (1896)
Monday, January 30, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Little House on the Urban Prairie
I spotted this house under construction in 2008. It was built just east of Eastern Market by two graduates of the master's program at the Cranbook Academy of Art as part of their thesis project on affordable single family housing. The 900 Square foot home had a budget of $60,000 and was constructed using cinder blocks and a rubber-coated roof.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
It's Official!
There will be no Shield's Pizza franchise in the Kales Building.
Detroit pizza plan in default
Shield's Pizza to Abandon Detroit Again?
Four Years Gone.
Detroit pizza plan in default
Louis Aguilar-The Detroit News
The attempt to bring a Shield's pizza restaurant back to Detroit has ended up in a large pile of dough owed to the bank.
The Troy-based chain left Detroit, where it started, in the mid-1980s and focused on suburban growth. In 2007, the chain announced plans for a franchise to open a street-level eatery at the Kales Building Lofts at downtown's Grand Circus Park.
The plan never came to fruition. Earlier this week, the lenders of an $819,000 loan filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court charging the investors behind the downtown plan defaulted on the loan signed in 2008. The outstanding balance is $798,777, according to the suit.
Shield's Pizza to Abandon Detroit Again?
Four Years Gone.
Friday, December 09, 2011
Sunday, October 09, 2011
The Golden Hour
Labels:
ALDS,
Baseball,
Comerica Park,
Detroit,
Tigers
Friday, October 07, 2011
Sunday, October 02, 2011
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Four Years Gone
Way back in 2007 Paul Andoni, co-owner of Shield's Franchise Restaurants LLC, announced that Shield's Pizza was returning to Detroit. The company began to build out space on the ground floor of the Kales building for a summer 2007 opening. That never happened. Construction stalled due to an issue with the exhaust ventilation that necessitated the installation of a 19-story shaft to the roof.
As late as June, 2008 Andoni still planned to open the bar and resturant at the Grand Circus Park location. At some point afterwards a "Construction has been halted" sign was posted and space was abandoned. This recent sign confirms the obvious. Shield's has abandoned the city once more.
As late as June, 2008 Andoni still planned to open the bar and resturant at the Grand Circus Park location. At some point afterwards a "Construction has been halted" sign was posted and space was abandoned. This recent sign confirms the obvious. Shield's has abandoned the city once more.
Labels:
Detroit,
Downtown,
Kales,
Shield's Pizza
Location:
28 W Adams St, Detroit, MI 48226, USA