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Michigan State Fair

Almost a year ago, I visited the Michigan State Fair for what was to be its last season. The Michigan State Fair was the longest running in the United States spanning over 160 years, surviving the depression, until budget cuts forced its closure in 2010. I took a few pictures, but nowhere near enough to [...]

Stonelea

While in architecture school in the early 90′s, I took a model building (physical models, not rendered images) class as an elective. The final project was to divide into teams and produce a large-scale architectural model. There were two projects available at the time, the first was for a well known developer to model a development called Centerpoint Campus located [...]

Detroit Observation Decks?

Nearly a year ago, The Ledge was opened at the Willis Tower (previously known as the Sears Tower) for visitors to the Skydeck to experience the view in a whole new way. While Detroit may not have the same architectural stock as Chicago, it is still impressive. Unfortunately, observation decks are a thing of the [...]

Buildings by Bike

Attention architects, cyclists, architects who cycle, and cyclists who architect. Wheelhouse Detroit has been around for a couple years, but did you know they offer bike tours of Detroit? Wheelhouse Detroit actually offers several tours, including architecture tours that cover downtown, eastern market, riverfront, Corktown, and many, many more areas. You can cover a great [...]

Bagley Avenue Pedestrian Bridge – Grand Opening

If you’re in Southwest Detroit celebrating Cinco de Mayo, be sure to head over to the Bagley Avenue Pedestrian Bridge at 1:00 pm to enjoy the Grand Opening Celebration. Learn more at the MDOT website.

Doors Open Detroit?

I ran across a website today (actually several websites) about events that other cities with rich architectural buildings are hosting. The idea is simple. Buildings around the city open their doors and offer the public an opportunity to explore buildings that are closed to the public or usually charge an admission fee. Do you think [...]

Guardian Building Update

This morning, the Wayne County Commission voted 8-7 to tentatively approve the new bond amount which will keep the renovation effort moving forward. For those keeping track, Wayne County bought the building for $14 million and allocated $13 million for renovation. Earlier this week, county officials asked for another $30 million, bringing the total project [...]

Detroit Icons in Danger

Two extremely iconic buildings in Detroit are potentially a step closer to joining the recently publicized list of vacant Detroit buildings. The Guardian Building and the Penobscot Building are both located in the heart of the central business district and would emotionally devastate the Detroit (or at least me) if they become vacant. Both towers [...]

A New Building for Detroits Pension Funds?

Believe it or not Detroit’s pension funds want to build a new $7.4M headquarters building on the riverfront and relocate from the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center. The proposed three-story headquarters, located between the UAW’s headquarters and the River Towers Apartments, would house the pension funds’ administrative, accounting and legal operations, with room for 100 [...]

48 Vacant Buildings in the Detroit CBD

Louis Aguilar at the Detroit News has assembled an unofficial list of vacant buildings in Detroit’s central business district. The list is not all inclusive, but based on the building having no signs of life (No tenants!), be 5 stories or taller, and contain 10,000 square feet or more. The last two criteria are the [...]

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Michigan State Fair

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Detroit Observation Decks?

Buildings by Bike

Bagley Avenue Pedestrian Bridge – Grand Opening

Doors Open Detroit?

Guardian Building Update

Detroit Icons in Danger

A New Building for Detroits Pension Funds?

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