A new location for Gameday Detroit is being constructed at the corner of Brush just north Gratiot.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Sunday, July 13, 2014
About Face
Developers of what was to be the Midtown Professional Building at the corner of Stimson and Woodward have changed their minds. Instead of a five-story, 75,000 square foot office building, Queen Lillian II LLC will be erecting 68 apartments on the site with an additional 25,000 square feet dedicated to retail space. The development will also include a 230-space parking deck.
Saturday, July 05, 2014
Roesink Stadium
A fund-raising effort is now underway to restore Hamtramck's Roesink Stadium, one of few surviving ballparks from baseball's Negro League era.
Two different incarnations of Detroit Stars along with the Detroit Wolves called Roesink Stadium home. The stadium opened in 1930 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in July 2012. A historical marker will be placed at the site during a ceremony on August 14.
If you are interested in volunteering or donating to the effort you can contact Gary Gillette, president of the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium, at GGillette@247Baseball.com.
(October, 2007)
(October, 2007)
Wednesday, July 02, 2014
Hotel Madison Lenox
Labels:
Demolition by Neglect,
Detroit,
Madison-Lenox Hotel
Location:
Downtown, Detroit, MI, USA
Monday, June 30, 2014
WSU's Mackenzie Home at Risk?
Wayne State recently announced a $48.6 million expansion of its Hilberry Theater. The University plans on expanding the theater complex to occupy the entire block, raising questions about what will happen to the 1895 Queen Ann home.
There has been talk about moving the home to another lot in the neighborhood, but no official announcements have been made by the University at this time.
To find out more about the Mackenzie Home and its role in Detroit's preservation movement, check out this video about Preservation Detroit.
Sunday, June 29, 2014
A Look Inside the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ New Outdoor Adventure Center
The Detroit Free Press recently covered a sneak preview of the William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor's latest attraction.
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 (1919), 1326 Broadway (1904), 1322 Broadway (1922) today
Place Promo shows Broadway as it looked in 1976:
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)
(May, 2014)
(October, 2013)
(May, 2014)
(May, 2014)
Labels:
Cass Corridor,
Demolition,
Detroit,
Detroit Red Wings,
DTE,
Midtown,
Temple Hotel
Location:
Cass Corridor, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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.
Monday, June 02, 2014
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Capitol Park on the Rise
Things are looking up for Capitol Park as renovation work picks up in one of downtown Detroit's oldest districts. Bedrock Real Estate are the ones responsible for kicking up the dust.
Work was already underway to renovate the Bamlet Building (1897) when Bedrock announced this week that it had acquired two additional buildings and a surface lot in Capital Park.
With the purchase of the Church Building (1895) at 45 W. Grand River Avenue and the six-story building at 119 State Street (1887), Bedrock now controls nearly 92,000 square feet of space within the district.
No announcement was made for the development of the 4,000 square foot lot next to The Grind strip club at 28 West Grand River Avenue, but Opportunity Detroit's Placemaking and Retail Vision suggests a residential/retail building at that location.
Work was already underway to renovate the Bamlet Building (1897) when Bedrock announced this week that it had acquired two additional buildings and a surface lot in Capital Park.
With the purchase of the Church Building (1895) at 45 W. Grand River Avenue and the six-story building at 119 State Street (1887), Bedrock now controls nearly 92,000 square feet of space within the district.
No announcement was made for the development of the 4,000 square foot lot next to The Grind strip club at 28 West Grand River Avenue, but Opportunity Detroit's Placemaking and Retail Vision suggests a residential/retail building at that location.
An earlier renovation of the Bamlet Building (September, 2004)
The Bamlet Building (May, 2014)
The Bamlet Building (right) next to the Farwell Building (October, 2013)
The Bamlet Building (May, 2014)
The Bamlet Building (May, 2014)
The Church Building (September, 2004)
The Church Building (March, 2009)
119 State Street (May, 2014)
28 West Grand River Avenue (May, 2014)
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Lawrence Technical University Has Designs on Midtown
The corner of Willis and Woodward has come alive as crews have begun excavating the future site of Lawrence Technical University's Detroit Center for Design + Technology.
The 30,000 square foot building will house LTU's Detroit Studio, along with Evans Architects Inc, DetroitSHOP, Studio Couture and Invest Detroit. The facility is being constructed on the site of long since demolished Greystone Ballroom.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Construction Pace Quickening at Corktown Site
Well, we now know what the webcam that had been documenting the construction of The Z has been focusing on since the completion of that 10-story parking garage. It turns out that the camera has been relocated to a lofty position in Corktown overlooking the construction of Dan Gilbert's new 66,000-square-foot data center and office complex.
Half of the building located at Rosa Parks and Porter Street will be used to house data servers and technology staff for Quicken Loans. The remainder of the office space, along with a portion of the server capacity, will be available for lease.
Work is scheduled to be be completed by January of 2015.
Labels:
Construction,
Corktown,
Data Center,
Quicken Loans
Location:
Corktown, Detroit, MI, USA
Monday, May 19, 2014
Brush Park Deletions
As we noted back in July of 2013, when the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy, it listed several city properties that pose an "Imminent and identifiable harm to the public health or safety." That list contained a number of properties within Brush Park that were scheduled to be demolished.
It appears that the city has remained true to its word. The Angela and another unnamed apartment building at the corner of Winder and Beaubiean have already been demolish.
It appears that the city has remained true to its word. The Angela and another unnamed apartment building at the corner of Winder and Beaubiean have already been demolish.
The Angela - July, 2013
The Angela - May, 2014
February, 2009
May, 2014
Clean up work has also started on Patterson Terrace. However, it remains to be seen if this is prep work for another demolition or the beginning of a renovation.
The city only owns of one the seven units in Patterson Terrace and it is neither of the units they claimed on their 2013 filing. Almass Downtown Real Estate owns three units and Elana McKinney owns the remaining three. Almass has applied to purchase the city owned unit, but neither Almass nor Mckinney have filed a request to remove the building from the emergency demo list. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.
Patterson Terrace - July, 2013
Patterson Terrace - April 2014
Labels:
Angela,
Brush Park,
Demolition,
Detroit,
Erskine,
John R,
Patterson Terrace,
Renovation
Location:
Brush Park, Detroit, MI, USA
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Rubble
Labels:
Arson,
Demolition,
Demolition by Neglect,
Detroit,
Fire,
First Unitarian Church
Location:
Midtown, Detroit, MI, USA
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Saturday, May 10, 2014
First Unitarian Church Destroyed by Fire
First Unitarian Church on Woodward in Midtown was originally built in 1890, and partially redesigned for the widening of Woodward in the mid-1930s. Passing hands through multiple denominations after the Unitarians left it for a new home on Cass in the late 1930s, its sanctuary remained largely in-tact until it was hit by several fires in the 2000s. It has been abandoned for some time and on the morning of May 10, 2014 it was completely destroyed by a fire.
Labels:
Arson,
Brush Park,
Detroit,
Fire,
First Unitarian Church
Location:
Midtown, Detroit, MI, USA