At first glance, this building in the center of the photo kind of looks like the Breuer Tower in Cleveland

I think I just peed my pants in excitement.

So much good stuff still there, awesome!

Yay for another "dying" city!  Stupid Forbes.....  The pics look pretty undead to me!

Great, great pics - one of the best sets I've seen of Detroit - what gorgeous buildings.

Looks pretty grand.

Somebody can't go one thread without taking a cheap shot at Cleveland.  :roll:

 

Great pics Ink.

 

Ink, for a guy who usually does smaller towns, You did a fantastic job with a "dying" big city.

 

I think I just peed my pants in excitement.

 

You *think*? You're not sure?

 

 

Somebody can't go one thread without taking a cheap shot at Cleveland. :roll:

 

Great pics Ink.

 

Let's assume UncleRando's comment is sincere/straightforward; Detroit is a grand city.

Detroit is a grand city...just like Cleveland is a grand city.  Nothing wrong with that.

Somebody can't go one thread without taking a cheap shot at Cleveland. :roll:

 

Great pics Ink.

 

Grand refers to the scale of buildings. It's no different than saying "Houses in Palmer Woods are very stately". No need to catch feelings.

 

 

There is more integrity in Detroit's rubble than any city planned and implemented after 1950.

 

Bravo!

Somebody can't go one thread without taking a cheap shot at Cleveland.  :roll:

 

Great pics Ink.

 

Grand refers to the scale of buildings. It's no different than saying "Houses in Palmer Woods are very stately". No need to catch feelings.

 

I can see where he would come up with that as UncleRando was involved in the 'grand' disussion in my Cleveland thread.

 

Moving on.

Very nice!  My favorite is still Book Tower.  Imagine that thing lit up at night.

Ian that last pic is the street I said looks like 4th street in Cincinnati. There ia a great view of it from the people mover station :)

That street, my friend, is the mighty Woodward Avenue.

Well, it's about as Mighty as Anita Baker's World-Famous IHOP on Jefferson these days...but it still has a bitchin' Kroger in Birmingham.

^ LOL!

 

BTW, the tall building on the left is the old Wurlitzer Co.  Awesome inside.  My studio instructor in arch school is interested in renovating this with some NY investors.  It already has nice functioning exterior spotlights

 

Behind it is the Metropolitan building.  The state paid for the cleanup of the interior, but I can't remember what its rehab status is.

BTW, the tall building on the left is the old Wurlitzer Co.  Awesome inside.  My studio instructor in arch school is interested in renovating this with some NY investors.  It already has nice functioning exterior spotlights

 

Behind it is the Metropolitan building.  The state paid for the cleanup of the interior, but I can't remember what its rehab status is.

 

 

Metropolitan has been stalled for a long time.  A local developer (Eric Larson) claimed he had a plan for it around 6 years ago and nothing panned out.  One problem is it has no available space for parking and it's irregular shaped lot (triangular) leaves no room.  It was also once toxic with radium from the painting of watch hands and faces.  The Wurlitzer needs a lot of work, just like a lot of these buildings.  I can't imagine it has reversed the decay in the seven or so years since I went inside.

 

On the bright side, this photo is in the middle of a lot of activity, with the newish Y, restored Opera House, restaurants and bars pretty much on that block.  Also just a few blocks to Comerica Park, Harmonie Park or Campus Martius.

 

Of course the wondrous "Person Mover" sails right by and has a stop nearby as well.

Well, it's about as Mighty as Anita Baker's World-Famous IHOP on Jefferson these days...but it still has a bitchin' Kroger in Birmingham.

 

You and your filthy, filthy IHOP...

Yay Detroit!

BTW, the tall building on the left is the old Wurlitzer Co.  Awesome inside.  My studio instructor in arch school is interested in renovating this with some NY investors.  It already has nice functioning exterior spotlights

 

Behind it is the Metropolitan building.  The state paid for the cleanup of the interior, but I can't remember what its rehab status is.

 

 

Metropolitan has been stalled for a long time.  A local developer (Eric Larson) claimed he had a plan for it around 6 years ago and nothing panned out.  One problem is it has no available space for parking and it's irregular shaped lot (triangular) leaves no room.  It was also once toxic with radium from the painting of watch hands and faces.  The Wurlitzer needs a lot of work, just like a lot of these buildings.  I can't imagine it has reversed the decay in the seven or so years since I went inside.

 

On the bright side, this photo is in the middle of a lot of activity, with the newish Y, restored Opera House, restaurants and bars pretty much on that block.  Also just a few blocks to Comerica Park, Harmonie Park or Campus Martius.

 

Of course the wondrous "Person Mover" sails right by and has a stop nearby as well.

 

That's true, I also remember finding the ceilings in the Met incredibly low.  The good news is that because of the narrow floorplates in the Wurlitzer, you could get by with views on just the front and side, take the other side lot and do something creative with parking.  Perhaps an automated vertical parking system like they have a couple blocks of way.  It could be shared through both developments.  Really nothing is impossible, but development in Detroit has always been a struggle.

Good stuff, and a bright, sunny day certainly didn't hurt!

Home sweet home.  I'm in love.