  Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 3544 Registered: 10-2003 |
Once a fabulous ruin in a field of weeds The Inn at 97 Winder sits amid new townhouses in Detroit's booming Brush Park district.  Ever wonder what the Detroit Tiger's Comerica Park looks like from the Detroit Athletic Club?  Meanwhile demolition proceeds on the Commerce Building for condo project next to the under-restoration Cadillac Hotel.  "Building Detroit's Past into the Future". So read new signs before several fabulous ruins on Erskine Street touted by a company called HipCityLiving. hmmm....  MidMed Lofts near completion on E. Canfield...  ...while behind it the doors are open at Detroit's new Museum of Contemporary Arts and Design on Garfield.  Detroit Rises! | ||
Kenp Member Username: Kenp Post Number: 164 Registered: 03-2006 |
loved the pics, DAC especially. Sure would be cool if the Lafayette building came back to life. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 1043 Registered: 01-2005 |
Be even better if the little white triangular building in front of it returned as "Kinsel's". | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 77 Registered: 08-2006 |
great shots lowell. Brush Park is looking INCREDIBLE!!!!!! | ||
French777 Member Username: French777 Post Number: 70 Registered: 10-2006 |
Brush park is looking Great | ||
Haydenth Member Username: Haydenth Post Number: 202 Registered: 05-2005 |
Brush Park has a long way to go. Try driving from Eastern Market to Woodward (south of Mack) sometime and you'll see what I mean. They did a lot of road work though, which is nice. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 421 Registered: 01-2006 |
Yeah, the roadwork is nice but I'm not sure it's dense enough or even enough occupied buildings yet to say that it's "on it's way back" as many of put it. | ||
Ordinary Member Username: Ordinary Post Number: 105 Registered: 06-2006 |
That shot of Comerica makes me want to join the Detroit Athletic Club. | ||
Cman710 Member Username: Cman710 Post Number: 195 Registered: 07-2006 |
Thanks for the pics, Lowell. I love the Brush Park shots. Brush Park may not yet be on its way back full steam ahead, but there has been some progress, and that alone should be cause for celebration. We need to take baby steps. (Message edited by cman710 on January 10, 2007) | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 3545 Registered: 10-2003 |
Rewind to Brush Park ten years ago. It is like day and night. Then it was a hopeless overgrown weed lot with open drug dealing, particularly at John R and Erskine, and crumbling buildings. The change is dramatic and accelerating. Fast forward ten years and it will be totally transformed. | ||
Rickinatlanta Member Username: Rickinatlanta Post Number: 24 Registered: 07-2006 |
Believe the "little white building" in front is American Coney Island?? | ||
Southen Member Username: Southen Post Number: 75 Registered: 08-2006 |
Very nice update. | ||
Redhead Member Username: Redhead Post Number: 3 Registered: 10-2006 |
I found the "before" picture of the first site at this link... http://www.detroityes.com/gild /10bp.htm What a great transformation. | ||
Docmo Member Username: Docmo Post Number: 206 Registered: 10-2005 |
Lowell, Are you a member of the DAC? I going to join, if only for that view. Docmo | ||
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313 Post Number: 276 Registered: 02-2006 |
Looking great! 313 | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1858 Registered: 10-2003 |
Oh, to be able to out and about the city on a sunny weekday!!! I'm so envious!!! Thanks, Lowell, for sharing!! | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 3547 Registered: 10-2003 |
No I am not a member docmo. I play handball with friends who are. If I lived as close as you do I definitely would. The steam bath alone would get me. The facilities are unmatched. | ||
Detroitbill Member Username: Detroitbill Post Number: 141 Registered: 09-2006 |
I agree with Lowell about Brush Park, for those who dont think its progressed much... I remember going to parties in the one completed Victorian house there in the late 80s early 90s..All you would ever hear from people is they couldn't believe any person would live in this area. It was the only place to look at in the whole area , surrounded by old ruins and a few drunks.. The area is amazing now compared to what it was like, Most people then would not even stop there let alone live there. It is well on its way | ||
Noula Member Username: Noula Post Number: 63 Registered: 10-2003 |
I recall be taken through on tour by my father back in the 60's and 70's. he would drive me through the streets and point out the places that used to be. I recall going past the corner that had the Flame Showbar. He loved that place, said the music was fantastic. I also recall all the burning metal garbage cans with folk keeping warm at street corners. | ||
Ltrain Member Username: Ltrain Post Number: 115 Registered: 10-2003 |
Why isn't the grass covered at Copa? Or at least the infield? | ||
Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez Post Number: 114 Registered: 12-2006 |
brush park could use some mature trees....unfortunately, that takes a while. I hope they are planting. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 5416 Registered: 02-2004 |
YAY DETROIT! This city fixes up their ruins more better then London and Liverpool. | ||
Warrenite84 Member Username: Warrenite84 Post Number: 7 Registered: 01-2007 |
Drove thru Brush Park the other day. Indeed it is looking up but I hope future infill homes are a bit more sympathetic in style than the townhouses are.Victorianesque;) | ||
Detroitduo Member Username: Detroitduo Post Number: 792 Registered: 06-2005 |
Yes, BP has a way to go since there are many open lots and still vacant (mostly sealed) structures, but compared to the BP I moved into 6 years ago, it is a beautiful neighborhood in the making. As for the style of housing, there is a "historical" requirement that the infill housing has Victorian attributes. While many people complain about the townhouses and such from Crosswinds, they could be worse. I have not seen any renderings for the new builders over by the Carlton area, but they will be under the same "rules". I also have to say, while the new "Garden Lofts" building on Winder is not Victorianesque, it is a giant handsome monster. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 256 Registered: 10-2006 |
While a agree with the principles of new urbanism, the architecture itself will likely be a plastered-on facade. There isn't/shouldn't be any desire to try to replicate those historic buildings in the neighborhood, esp. since the new ones will be half-ass in comparison. I would rather see a style of the new buildings that contrasts with the victorian while at the same time complimenting the historic existing ones. | ||
Stecks77 Member Username: Stecks77 Post Number: 256 Registered: 08-2006 |
Right on Charlottepaul. |
