Monday, July 20, 2015
Monday, July 13, 2015
Monday, June 29, 2015
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Dequindre Cut Phase Two
Initial paving of phase two of the Dequindre Cut, through Eastern Market, from Gratiot to Mack Avenue is underway.
Labels:
Dequindre Cut,
Detroit,
Eastern Market
Location:
Eastern Market, Detroit, MI, USA
Sunday, June 07, 2015
Somethin's Cookin' in Milwaukee Junction
The transformation of this building at Piquette and John R, from Dave's Drive-In to the Bucharest Grill's third location is nearly complete. The new shawarma hut is set to debut this summer.
Labels:
Bucharest Grill,
Detroit,
Milwaukee-Junction,
Rehabilitation,
Shawarma
Location:
Wayne State, Detroit, MI, USA
Saturday, May 30, 2015
River Rocked!
Two more Riverfront Holdings Inc. properties met the wrecking ball recently, thus completing a demolition trifecta by GM's real estate arm.
Having already leveled Schweizer's Place at the end of 2014, GM completed their future improvement project by demolishing the building that once housed the popular River Rock Cafe and later the less successful McNarney’s Irish Pub>River’s Edge Grille>Club Waterfalls. Also demolished was the adjoining office building at 672 Woodbridge. Suprisingly, both buildings were listed as being built in 1978.
Sunday, May 03, 2015
Trumbull Avenue Restoration
It has recently been announced that a restoration effort for the 130 year old beauty on the left will begin this summer. Developer Alex Pereria (The Lorax House) is leading the effort to restore the house on Trumbull Avenue in the Woodbridge neighborhood.
(1976 Place Promo)
Labels:
Detroit,
Restoration,
Trumbull Avenue
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Cobo Center Atrium
Labels:
Cobo Arena,
Cobo Center,
Cobo Hall,
Rehabilitation
Location:
Downtown, Detroit, MI, USA
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Thursday, January 01, 2015
Davenport Apartments
The Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corp's rehabilitation of the Davenport Apartments (1905) is wrapping up.
(June, 20014)
(December, 2014)
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Detroit Institute of Music Education
An earlier renovation of the Bamlet Building (September, 2004)
The Bamlet Building (May, 2014)
The Bamlet Building (December, 2014)
Labels:
Bamlet Building,
Capitol Park,
Detroit,
Renovation
Location:
Downtown, Detroit, MI, USA
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Schweizer's Place
Labels:
Demolition,
Riverfront Holdings Inc,
Rivertown,
Schweizer's
Location:
Downtown, Detroit, MI, USA
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Park Avenue Building in Danger of Being Demolished
The building is owned by property speculator Ralph Sachs who is the person that demolish the neighboring Hotel Charlivoix in 2013 after years of neglect.
The city has asked Wayne Court Circuit Court Judge Robert Colombo Jr. to declare the site a public danger and order that the building be demolished immediately. A hearing on the matter has been scheduled for September 19.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Monday, July 28, 2014
Thursday, July 24, 2014
The Dawn of Justice
Set construction for the film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is underway in Corktown. The production has set up shop across the street from the Executive Plaza Building on Sixth Street.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Rising on Brush *Update*
Labels:
Construction,
Detroit,
Gameday Detroit
Location:
Park-Rite, Detroit, MI 48226, USA
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.