Sunday, March 23, 2014
Heidelberg Project Minus Nine
The Party Animal house was the ninth Heidelberg Project home to be set ablaze over the past 11 months when it burned to the ground on the morning of March 7.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
James Scott Mansion up for Condo Conversion
According to MLive work could begin this summer on a $7 million rehab of the 137 year old James Scott Mansion on Peterboro. Developer Joel Landry has secured $2.6 million in state historic and brownfield redevelopment tax credits to turn the Richardsonian Romanesque home into 25 condos.
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
Cass Corridor Construction
The Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corp has started rehabilitating two long neglected buildings in Detroit's Cass Corridor.
The corner of Cass and MLK will see $17 million dedicated to the transformation of the Cass Plaza (Naomi Apartments 1924) and the Davenport Apartments (1905) into 47 affordable-income units. These two buildings, along with the Aderna Court Apartments and the Chesterfield Apartments make up the Cass-Davenport Historic District.
The corner of Cass and MLK will see $17 million dedicated to the transformation of the Cass Plaza (Naomi Apartments 1924) and the Davenport Apartments (1905) into 47 affordable-income units. These two buildings, along with the Aderna Court Apartments and the Chesterfield Apartments make up the Cass-Davenport Historic District.
Cass Plaza
Cass Plaza
The Davenport Apartments stand in the shadow of Cass Plaza
Monday, December 30, 2013
Parking Wars II: Apostolopoulos Strikes Back
Andreas Apostolopoulos didn't his way with the Detroit Historic District Commission when he wanted to tear down the State Bank Building to build a parking garage for the Penobscot building, so he is taking it out on a terracotta building across from the Book Cadillac.
Curbed Detroit
Curbed Detroit
Friday, December 27, 2013
Flattened
Labels:
Demolition,
Demolition by Neglect,
Detroit,
Hotel Charlevoix,
Michigan
Location:
Downtown, Detroit, MI, USA