The Sugar Hill Arts Historic District is very small in area.  It is on East Forest, Garfield and East Canfield between Woodward and John R.

 

 

Yay, restoration  :clap:

Some nice structures but, what about the art?

Is this near Wayne State University?

Is this near Wayne State University?

 

I think it is, from the looks of the housing... The density of the old buildings proves what some may find hard to believe: Detroit, like every old metropolis, grew along (streeetcar) transit lines.

Thanks!

I see the new prefab lofts peaking around that terra cotta building!  At least its appearance is better than the Church's chicken.  Could be worse.

now we're talking.

 

no doubt something like what midtown cleveland once looked like, too not so long ago (up until the late 1960's).

What makes this a designated "Arts District"? The area appears to have the same Detroitish elements of deterioriation, so has the art push not been effective or is it just developing?

I don't get it

This is a really depressing thread.

Renovated and restored buildings are depressing?  I'll admit it's a far cry from some of the vibrant urban areas a few of us live and work in, but I see this as good things finally coming to detroit

Everything looks so lifeless.  I appreciate the restoration efforts underway, but the photos in general are not very uplifting.

Yeah it is pretty dead

I know everybody has their own opinion...

But I don't understand the naysayers of areas/neighborhoods like this. I mean the architecture is great and, yes, there are probably holes in the urban fabric. But at least there is some forward momentum.

Good pics Zack.

 

 

 

This is a terrific little bldg

 

 

MOCAD, the contemporary art museum, is located in this district, which is neither sugary nor hilly.  They are more focused on redeveloping some of the remaining, still-standing structures as affordable "live/work" spaces for artists, i.e. incubators for the arts.  That is more of the impetus for the "arts district" moniker.