Posted February 6, 201114 yr Hey guys, I visited the Motor City YET AGAIN on October 23, came down for a Red Wings game, little bowling, good food, hotel accommodations at the Renaissance Center and an art tour to go with it. Without further ado, here's another one of my fine Detroit tours... Looking up at the Renaissance Center, I stayed in the Marriott Hotel... View of Windsor, Ontario from my room... Watergarden dome Tower 300 of the Renaissance Center Most comfortable bed I have ever slept on in my life, period... Little tour of the RenCen The People Mover arrives! Took it to Grand Circus Park A few shots from around Grand Circus Park The famous Fillmore Theatre, a popular concert venue Fox Theatre Hockeytown Cafe on Woodward Ave. St. Johns Episcopal Church New townhouses appear in the Brush Park Neighborhood, north of downtown and I-75. Two bombed-out buildings... sadly something that is not uncommon in Detroit Building in Cass Park slated for demolition Detroit's Brush Park neighborhood... in this neighborhood, once home to prominent and beautiful Colonial and Victorian-style mansions, it has fallen on hard times, although is seeing some rejuvenation and life... Unfortunately unkempt houses and burned-out houses like this still linger around Brush Park... I believe this house is going to be restored... Two more beauties... A castle-like apartment building bombed out, however the trees add colour to it... SO MUCH POTENTIAL! Being footsteps away from downtown, Comerica Park, Ford Field, Fox Theatre, and the People Mover! Masonic Temple Bonstelle Theatre, part of Wayne State University Milner Arms Apartment Building New Building on Woodward Orchestra Hall Professional Plaza Harper Hospital and DMC Buildings slated for renovation along Woodward Avenue Another bombed-out building, slated for demolotion... One of Detroit's Premier Entertainment Centers, Majestic Theatre and the Garden Bowl Lanes, built in 1919, it is the oldest continually-used bowling alley in the United States. Inside the Garden Bowl... Bowled a few games... The last one was my best, 173! Union Street Saloon, a fine dining restaurant across from the Majestic/Garden Bowl... Nice decor, very saloon-like, the steak here was excellent... Detroit School of Arts... St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church Two old former performing arts centers... Addison Building First Presbyterian Church Skyline... Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers David Broderick Tower and David Whitney Building, near the People Mover station... United Artists building, owned by Mike Ilitch, may be soon-to-be renovated Kales Building on the right and two other buildings vacant After getting back to my hotel, on the PM again, made to the Joe Louis Arena for the game... "Terrible" Ted Lindsay statue in the concourse Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe statue Concourse of the Joe Sweet seats, right in the center... Red Wings practising... Opening faceoff... Red Wings score early to make it 1-0 on the power play! Henrik Zetterberg with the goal! Ducks took a two-goal lead after a goal to make it 3-1, they had to review it, but I thought it went win, unfortunately... Face-off in the Red Wings zone in the second period... Red Wings trailing 3-1... But the Red Wings answer the call! THE MULE (Johan Franzen), makes it 3-2! Then Tomas Holmstrom ties it at 3-3, after standing in front of the goalie and re-deflecting it in! Zambonis clearing the ice for the 3rd Period... Red Wings Bench... Start of the 3rd period... After Anaheim made it 4-3 with a five-hole goal by Teemu Selanne, the Red Wings tied it up on another goal by Henrik Zetterberg! Crowd getting antsy... Everybody stood the last few minutes of the game... Less than five minutes in the game, Detroit pressing... Red Wings continue to press... While Jimmy Howard holds fort in the other end... Pavel Datsyuk scores through a crowd over the goalie and wins the game with 11.4 seconds left in the third period! Red Wings win!!! Congratulating Jimmy Howard!!!! 5-4 Detroit the final! Pavel Datsyuk the second star of the game... Henrik Zetterberg the first star of the game... The Joe after the game... Blurry shot of Windsor... RenCen at night... The Financial District area of Detroit, would have taken more night pictures... but it started to rain heavily, argh! Back in my room, watching game 6 of the NLCS between the Giants and Phillies... which the Phillies lost sadly Looking across at Windsor from my room at night... Tower 300 at night of the RenCen Hope you all enjoyed it!!! Part two coming soon with more of Midtown, and the Detroit Institute of Arts! :D
February 6, 201114 yr Yup. That's the Detroit I've seen too. Detroit's problems are very severe and complex. But it's also very apparent that the worst has passed. There are STILL so many assets in and around Detroit it's unfathomable to me how beautiful it must've been in the 50s. The Woodward corridor is about to boom, and if I were a developer, I'd be prepping some high end apartments for Brush Park. Thank you for the tour, and more importantly thank you for making an effort to see as much of the beauty as possible.
February 6, 201114 yr A castle-like apartment building bombed out, however the trees add colour to it... Sadly, this building is a goner. The front half was destroyed by a fire and the rest of was demolished.
February 6, 201114 yr A castle-like apartment building bombed out, however the trees add colour to it... Sadly, this building is a goner. The front half was destroyed by a fire and the rest of was demolished. I know, I read about that, good thing I took a picture of that. Brush Park has potential and is in such an ideal location, but, man, when you get careless homeless guys or even arsonists around these buildings, things like that are bound to happen. Travesty.
February 6, 201114 yr Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers That doesn't look like Comerica Park lol
February 6, 201114 yr Awesome, awesome stuff. Brush Park looks like a fascinating mix of total desolation and rehab. Thanks!
February 7, 201114 yr Great stuff! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 10, 201114 yr Nice! Glad to see some midtown shots. I'm sad this building burned down and has been demolished:
February 10, 201114 yr Nice! Glad to see some midtown shots. I'm sad this building burned down and has been demolished: I am, too. I'm glad I photographed it when I did, though.
February 14, 201114 yr Wow Detroit needs some serious help! https://www.instagram.com/cle_and_beyond/https://www.instagram.com/jbkaufer/
May 6, 201114 yr Another bombed-out building, slated for demolotion... I meant to post this a while ago but where did you hear this building is to be demolished? I recently got into that building, I was keeping any eye on it for a while.
May 7, 201114 yr ^ That building is not being demolished. That was a rumor started years ago after residents were evicted and the building conversion flopped. But it's not going anywhere soon. The asking price is absolutely outrageous for a building in that condition or even the land....
May 9, 201114 yr Another bombed-out building, slated for demolotion... I meant to post this a while ago but where did you hear this building is to be demolished? I recently got into that building, I was keeping any eye on it for a while. It's not? I guess I must have gotten that building confused with Cass Tech. Sorry, my bad.
May 9, 201114 yr I see a similarity between this building: and the Liberty-Paramount Theater in Youngstown, which was designed by Detroit architect C. Howard Crane:
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