ZachariahDaMan

I took some pictures today in the heart of New Center. Argonaut Building- built 1928, formerly the General Motors Research Laboratory St. Regis Hotel Fisher Building- built 1928 Cadillac Place- formerly the General Motors Building, GM was headquartered here from 1923-1996 Albert Kahn building- built 1931 NBC Building- built 1920

Oops, I meant Mt. Clemens. That's what I get for talking to a friend about coming to Mt. Pleasant as I was posting these lol.

I have a good friend that lives in Mt. Clemens, she showed me around the neighborhoods recently. I'll have to wonder around a bit when it gets warmer. There are some great neighborhoods there. Wish I coulda photograhed them more.

You ain't lyin, Lansing sucks

How bad is the damage?

Sorry for such a late response, that's correct preservation restoration, it is now a performing arts center. They did an excellent job. Just thought you guys would be interested to know that the courthouse in Howell is going to serve as a backdrop for the movie "Betty Anne Waters" starring Hillary Swank. It is a legal thriller based on a true story.

Cool pics, I have been in that building so many time. Whenever I'm taking a new urbexer around I like to show them that one.

Sad, I have a lot of relatives in Lorain.

Yes

6 dilapidated downtown buildings owned by the Illitch family's Olympia Development are going to be demolished but they will be saving the facade of the Fine Arts/Adams Theatre Building. It will be saved because of an agreement with the city's Historic District Commission. Olympia will pick up the tab for the estimated $500,000 facade stabilization. I was in the D today so I went a little picture crazy with this building. Some history http://www.forgottendetroit.com/adams/history.html

ProkNo5, thanks so much for the tours! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Especially this one and City Park. I love how they kept "Historic 9th Street" and are using the buildings.

Great homes, some of the additions make me want to cry though

It's huge!!

Under the Oaks is a historic district with many great houses. Unfortunately I only had time to photograph and very small portion of it. Next week I will be photographing it more thoroughly though. There is a historical marker in the neighborhood which reads "On July 6, 1854, a state convention of anti-slavery men was held in Jackson to found a new political party. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" had been published two years earlier, causing increased resentment against slavery, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of May, 1854, threatened to make slave states out of previously free territories. Since the convention day was hot and the huge crowd could not be accommodated in the hall, the meeting adjourned to an oak grove on "Morgan's Forty" on the outskirts of town. Here a state-wide slate of candidates was selected and the Republican Party was born. Winning an overwhelming victory in the elections of 1854, the Republican party went on to dominate national parties throughout the nineteenth century."

I went back to Jackson last month, I was visiting a friend whose school is just a few miles away form the city. Make sure to check out my Jackson thread from October 2006. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,10679.0.html My pictures start out with me pretty much driving down random streets seeing what I can find. Jackson is really well known around the state (along with Ionia) for having a lot of prisons.

Detroit! The Book-Cadillac and Fort Shelby Hotels gives us hope.

Has some *killer* mausoleums!

oops, double post

I LOVE German Village, been wanting to go back.

These were taken by me in August 2007

I've been to Gary once, sad place

Brush Park :(

I like Pontiac, they demolished a lot though.