Friday, January 22, 2010

Piquette Square

Work is wrapping up on Piquette Square, a 150-unit, four-story, mixed-use development being built on the site of the Studebaker Factory in Milwaukee-Junction.  The building will provide housing for homeless veterans and supportive services, as well as ground floor commercial space.


The Studebaker site after the factory was destroyed by fire in June, 2005.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Huntington Hotel Fire Aftermath

Fire destroyed this five-story building in Midtown on New Year's Eve. Three people died in the blaze which was caused by a drunken man who used a lit piece of paper to light a cigarette.



Buildings of Detroit has some footage of the fire.