DETROIT, MICHIGAN | Saturday, May 19th, 2012 | 6:35 AM |
38 buildings and counting...
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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The Freep is reporting that fences have gone up around the building and that demolition is imminent. Designed by architect C. Howard Crane, who is better known for his designs of the Fox Theatre and other entertainment venues, the Lafayette Building occupied a wedge-shaped block between Michigan Avenue and Lafayette Boulevard. The site gave the [...]
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So you’d like to see some of Detroit’s architecture? No problem. There are lots of groups that offer architecture tours in and around Metro Detroit. I’ll try to highlight a few of them to get you started on planning your trip. Before that, here’s a few things to keep in mind: Most tours are offered [...]
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The Think Shop Architects have been working away for at least the past year designing and building the Flute House in Royal Oak, Michigan The house was envisioned as a live/work space with the living space suspended above an existing ground floor structure. You can read more about The Flute House and see pictures throughout [...]
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Architectural Record has a feature called archrecord2 that highlights “the world’s emerging and influential young architects.” The August 2009 issue highlights a local firm M1/DTW and the interdisciplinary work that they embrace. Their projects include print and online publications, interior/exterior renovations, and full identity branding (building and interior finishes). Congratulations! Read the entire article [ [...]
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Since 1955, Capitol Park has served as a public transportation hub and now that the Rosa Parks Transit Center is open, it can return to its original park setting. Capitol Park is one of three triangular parks (the others being Harmonie Park and Library Park) formed while implementing the Woodward Plan. It was once the [...]
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Construction of a new Quicken Loans headquarters building is anticipated to begin mid-2013 according to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Potential locations have been narrowed down to two sites. The first is the former Hudson’s building site (adjacent to Compuware) and the Monroe Block, which was the site of the previously proposed, and now defunct, [...]
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