  Huggybear Member Username: Huggybear Post Number: 236 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 70.236.160.161 |
RIght behind the State, along Elizabeth, between the front section of the building and the auditorium, there is an unusual looking stone (or faux stone) building. Everything is boarded up. Is it part of the Palms building or is it something else? | ||
Ddaydave Member Username: Ddaydave Post Number: 424 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 67.149.185.244 |
I`ve all when very curoius about that one 2 also..that would make a killer building to live in | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 393 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 65.185.132.134 |
is that the little one story storefront kind of thing with an arched pediment on the fascade? is it painted a washed out blue color? is there a rectanglular "frame" above the windws? | ||
Ddaydave Member Username: Ddaydave Post Number: 425 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 67.149.185.244 |
thats the one I was thinking of 56packman..I always take a good look at it everytime I walk down that street | ||
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin Post Number: 2728 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.38.12.221 |
Some one once told me that that was somew kind of studio when I asked a few months back. In fact just the other evening I saw someone go inside. I wanted to ask then, but I let the opportunity pass... | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 394 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 65.185.132.134 |
That building was a poulty market in the 1930's, and later was Carter electric. Chuck Forbes owns it. | ||
Toolbox Member Username: Toolbox Post Number: 929 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.125.129 |
It is a recording studio. (Message edited by toolbox on June 18, 2006) | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 771 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 69.242.215.8 |
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Rocknrollscientist Member Username: Rocknrollscientist Post Number: 88 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 67.97.41.68 |
That's Ghetto Recorders, Jim Diamond's studio. I'm sure you all have heard about the White Stripes vs. Jim Diamond lawsuit that was in the news last week. | ||
Sumotect Member Username: Sumotect Post Number: 190 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 64.243.32.9 |
Urban legend calls that “The Green Hornet’s House”. The guy who produced the radio show “The Green Hornet” also produced many of the theatrical productions in and around the Grand Circus area. This building was a crash pad that he built for himself so he wouldn’t have to drive a long way home after late nights in the theater. In the story of the Green Hornet he lived in an urban area, much like Detroit at the time. His house had a garage that opened directly to the street. That was where he (The Green Hornet) kept his car called “Black Beauty”, I think. This building was allegedly the model of the Green Hornet’s house. You can see where the garage door was. For the longest time there was a curb cut in front of a garage door. I always wanted to renovate that building. It might serve as a model for a new kind of “Downtown” living. | ||
Rocknrollscientist Member Username: Rocknrollscientist Post Number: 89 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 67.97.41.68 |
It actually is a really interesting space. I haven't been in there in a few years, but I liked it a lot. You go up a narrow stairway right inside the front door. At the top of the steps is the living space (Diamond doesn't live there anymore). Each room is at a lower elevation than the doorways, with steps going up and down from each doorway. So it gives the impression of the rooms being 'sunken'. Then there's a door going off into what seems to be an old warehouse space. That's the recording room - all concrete walls and columns. Then there's another room off of that where the mixing console and effects processors are at. Many local, national, and international bands have recorded there (and still do). |
