1332 Broadway (1919), 1326 Broadway (1904), 1322 Broadway (1922) today
Place Promo shows Broadway as it looked in 1976:
Monday, June 23, 2014
What's Gilbert Buying?
Bedrock Real Estate is at it again. Detroit booster Dan Gilbert has purchased a large portion of the east side of Broadway between Grand River and Gratiot. With the purchase of these three early 20th century buildings, Gilbert has added nearly 27,000 square feet to his downtown empire.
1332 Broadway (Display Creations Building) in 2005
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Another Building in TechTown to Get the Loft Treatment
HD Developments of Florida has announced that this warehouse on the corner of 2nd and York will be getting the loft treatment just as soon as it can get its final financing in place.
"Yorke Lofts" will consist of 42 studio and one-bedroom units and a rooftop garden. The two smaller buildings next door will be part of the development as well. One building will continue to serve as a parking garage while the other will provide room for retail spaces.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Temple Hotel
The Temple Hotel was demolished in May of 2014 to make room for the expansion of a DTE substation that will supply power to the new Detroit Red Wings arena that will be built nearby.
(February, 2005)
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(October, 2013)
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Monday, June 16, 2014
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
Here's the Steeple
It appears as though the Mother of Divine Mercy Parish's "Save Our Steeples" campaign has been a success. Rather than removing St. Josaphat's damaged central steeple and capping the tower with a new roof, work began earlier this spring to restore the 200 foot structure and clad its exterior with new slate.