The gutting of Cobo Arena is well underway. The space is being converted into a 40,000 square foot ballroom capable of seating 2,600 people for dining and 5,000 for general sessions.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Comerica Park Scoreboard Exposed
The scoreboard at Comerica Park made news last week as the Detroit Tigers released an artist's rendering and specs for the rehabbed board, along with other improvements being made at the park this off-season
Labels:
Comerica Park,
Detroit,
Michigan,
Rehabilitation,
Scoreboard
Saturday, February 18, 2012
30 Clifford Street
You may remember 30 Clifford Street from such films as 8 Mile (where it stood in for the Shelter), Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Red Dawn.
It has received a significant face-lift since then and the owners of Louie's Ham & Corned Beef in Eastern Market have been working on turning the location into Bar/Eatery.
It has received a significant face-lift since then and the owners of Louie's Ham & Corned Beef in Eastern Market have been working on turning the location into Bar/Eatery.
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30 Clifford,
Detroit,
Michigan,
redevelopment
Location:
167 Bagley St, Detroit, MI 48226, USA
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Buffalo Wild Wings Set to Fly into Detroit
You may recall that the City tried to have the building demolished in 2008 after high winds caused the back of the building to collapse in April of that year. The City later relented.
Sunday, February 05, 2012
The Slow March to Rehab
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.
Labels:
Affordable Housing,
Construction,
Detroit,
St Aubin,
Urban Prairie
Location:
2126 Pierce St, Detroit, MI 48207, USA
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.
Labels:
Detroit,
Grand Circus Park,
Kales Building
Location:
76 W Adams Ave, Detroit, MI 48226, USA