Billk Member Username: Billk
Post Number: 35 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 4:13 pm: | |
The building 1 block north of the Detroit Life Building has been undergoing rehab and looks like its about done. Any know anything about this? Is this one of the builings they were going to move Little Caesars employees into? |
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle
Post Number: 128 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 4:31 pm: | |
on a side note whats the progress report on the Detroit Life Building? |
Llyn Member Username: Llyn
Post Number: 1852 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 6:23 pm: | |
The only building I can think of on the block north (same side of street) is the police academy building. I seem to remember something about it... um... |
Rsa Member Username: Rsa
Post Number: 1165 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 7:05 pm: | |
it's the women's colony club building at 2310 park avenue, owned by chuck forbes. has been restored/renovated on the inside. most current work was done thru matching facade improvement dollars (woodward streetscape). we talked about it fairly extensively last year. you can find the old thread in the archives for history and such. |
Mccarch Member Username: Mccarch
Post Number: 130 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 9:58 pm: | |
"North" apparently is a difficult concept for some. |
Rsa Member Username: Rsa
Post Number: 1166 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 10:02 am: | |
the two people who responded are talking about the building in question. not sure what that comment is supposed to mean... |
Rjlj Member Username: Rjlj
Post Number: 358 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 10:06 am: | |
Did they move the Woman's City Club Building 1 block north of the Detroit Life Building? |
Royce Member Username: Royce
Post Number: 2287 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 2:45 pm: | |
The building in question is east of the Hotel Park Avenue. It must be the Police Academy Building. The Women's Club Building is at the corner of Park and Elizabeth across from/north of the Park Bar. The renovations to the Police Academy Building are similar to the Woman's Club Building. The windows have the same brown panes that compliment the exterior brick of each building quite well. |
Rsa Member Username: Rsa
Post Number: 1167 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 3:21 pm: | |
look people, there are two former women's clubs on park avenue. the women's city club built by matilda dodge wilson, on the corner of park and elizabeth, which once housed the police recruitment center. then there is the women's colony club, that i described above, one block north of the detroit life building, that once housed the detroit police academy. |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 4792 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 3:59 pm: | |
The Women's Colony Club building is the one with the arches above the 3rd story. That building has a spectacular 2 story Louis XV ballroom on the 2nd and 3rd floor (the arches frame the 2 story windows of that room). That room has to be one of the most elegant spaces in downtown, with balconies of the 3rd floor looking down on the room. Awesome! The Women's Colony Club Building is the leftmost of the 4 buildings in this picture. The others are labeled under the photo. http://www3.ci.detroit.mi.us/h istoric/districts/park_ave.pdf |
Billk Member Username: Billk
Post Number: 38 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 5:01 pm: | |
Gistok, thanks for the info. Yeah, the Colony Club building is the one I was talking about. It's looking good. Do you know if it's occupied currently, or if they have future tennants in mind? |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 1309 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 7:44 pm: | |
Detroit Life: http://www.flickr.com/search/? q=detroit%20life%20building&w= all |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 4837 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Sunday, July 15, 2007 - 10:22 pm: | |
Billk, I don't know about the occupancy of the Colony Club Building, sorry. But the Detroit Life Building is the one that is owned by Mike Ilitch, and is being fixed up for some of his employees to move into. |