  Detroitwonk Member Username: Detroitwonk Post Number: 78 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 68.41.207.52 |
We took some pictures of Art Van's house over in Grosse Pointe Shores...anyone seen this house before? I swear to G-D, I thought the house was on fire when I saw the pictures myself...its insane the number of lights that went into making this happen: Art Van's House in Grosse Pointe Does anyone have any neat pictures of residences from in the city with lights? Or of lights be-decking the Downtown area? I'd love to see them... Thanks and Happy New Year to all, Ray | ||
Karl Member Username: Karl Post Number: 783 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 72.25.177.194 |
God Bless the Chinese - this was probably half of November's trade deficit  | ||
Neilr Member Username: Neilr Post Number: 161 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.242.215.65 |
Is that Art Van's house? I thought he lived farther out Lakeshore in a neo-Tudor house on the lakefront side of the street. | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 2227 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 208.54.94.97 |
Art lives about a half-mile north, on the other side of the street. | ||
Chalu64 Member Username: Chalu64 Post Number: 30 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 68.40.108.8 |
Yup, that's not his house. The guy who lives in that house is actually a pretty decent guy---a self-made success story. I'm okay with his display knowing this. | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 740 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131 |
He must bring in a portable generator. That is a lot of power for that much lighting. There are quiet gennys that you dont even know they are running. Quieter then a air conditioner and put out 50 Kw or more. | ||
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 1254 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 208.54.15.129 |
It's true, this is not the Van Eislander house. His is this giant French chateau thing on the lake about 1/2 mile north of 8 Mile. This place is a disaster, every year, and you would not believe the number of people who park on the side of Lakeshore, blocking traffic, just to get a look. I have relatives who live just down the street (off Lakeshore) from there and it can take ten minutes just get out of the subdivision. And yes, it does have its own generator. And for some unfounded rumor-mongering, I heard this guy has bullet-proof glass in his house. | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 3159 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.79.89.52 |
Wait a sec...Art Van lives north of Vernier and on the Lake side….the house in the pics, from what I hear has about 30K worth or lights put up every year. I don’t think AV owns that house anymore, since he got a divorce because he was screwing some chick half his age or something like that. I hear that one of the casinos now owns the house. I guess this is where they take high rollers. The house is a shithole anyways. It was in the news for having leaking ceilings and a bad foundation, It is just a McMansion and nothing more. | ||
Detroitwonk Member Username: Detroitwonk Post Number: 81 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 68.41.207.52 |
I wouldn't be surprised. I must say that from what Sasha (the woman who wrote the post) said, that lighting display lit up the neighborhood. | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 9682 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.118.137.226 |
Wonk, I will send a few of my street prophets your way. They are quitting Gettoman G.R.E.E.D Corp left and right and I am quickly becoming over stocked. I'll send you a few of my best prophets. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 1699 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 207.69.137.7 |
There are 2 spectacular Christmas lights houses on Lakeshore this year. One is at the corner of Lakeshore and Moross, and this one on Lakeshore just south of Vernier. The Art Van house, the French Chateau style mansion on the water side of Lakeshore between Vernier and the St. Clair Shores border is (at over 30,000 sq. ft.) way more than a puny McMansion. The decorations on that house aren't what they were in the past. There is a huge well lit Nativity scene out front though. I hadn't heard that Art Van Elsander got a divorce. Was that in the news? | ||
Detroitwonk Member Username: Detroitwonk Post Number: 85 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 68.41.207.52 |
From what I hear, he didnt get a divorce. Apparently, he is shacked up with his trainer...about 35 years his junior. He's Catholic and I heard he didn't want excommunication... | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 1700 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.129.109 |
So living in sin and rotting in Hell makes more sense to me too...... | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 3161 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.236.204.86 |
Gistok, ok, its a big McMansion. It aint no Rose Terrace. | ||
Chalu64 Member Username: Chalu64 Post Number: 32 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 68.40.108.8 |
He met the woman at his club, I believe The Lochmoor Club. He's supposedly still with his wife, although he did have a child with the other woman. | ||
Goose Member Username: Goose Post Number: 4 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.47.83.217 |
i went to school with the VanElslander twins (his daughters), kristen and kim if i remember correctly, what does this have to do with this thread, well, i can confirm they are catholic (st. joan of arc school) and i can confirm that they were very hot pieces of ass back when i was in 7th grade...... | ||
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 1256 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 208.54.15.129 |
Actually, the new Van Eislander house is quite beautiful and amazingly huge. Many forumers would be holding a newspaper over their laps to hide their excitement if someone built something like it in Detroit. It did have some foundation problems in the beginning, resulting from a weaker than expected footings next to the lake. It is stable now. This one is hardly a McMansion, as it is exceptionally custom. I know this from one of the Van Eislender grandsons I hooked up with back in the day. Goddam he was cute. |
