[Allan]

I have well over 1000 Detroit photos that need to be posted here, but I have no time, so enjoy the new Detroit Photo of the Day thread! Feel free to add your own pics.

Wednesday, October 20, 2004
The Grand Army of the Republic, or G.A.R. Building was built at the corner of Grand River and Cass between 1898 and 1900. The building served as a meeting place for the G.A.R., a Civil War veteran's group, until the 1930s. The building then served various purposes, until it finally closed in 1982. The building's development rights are owned by the Ilitch Holdings Company, while the building itself is still owned by the city.

[baldy]

Great building, too bad it's associated with Ilitch.....

[Allan]

Yeah, I definately agree there. It would make a nice triangular parking lot though.

[Allan]

Thursday, October 21, 2004
This Brush Park mansion, once left to decay, will soon be renovated, as indicated by the sign out front.

[Allan]

Friday, October 22, 2004
Tearing down the Hughes and Hatcher Building to make way for a parking garage. The demolition crews are making quick work of this long-vacant downtown eyesore.

[Allan]

Saturday, October 23. 2004
The 16-story Kean Apartments on East Jefferson Avenue were designed by Charles Noble and completed in 1931. Designed by the same architect who designed the now vacant Lee Plaza on Grand Boulevard, the buildings share very similar architectural characteristics and details.

[ColinSuperCool]

Allan all i see for the h&h demo is a red x

This post has been edited by ColinSuperCool: 23 October 2004 - 10:36 AM

[ColinSuperCool]

btw i love the idea of a detroit pic of the day, its really a shame that the G.A.R. building sits abandoned it would be a great loft/ground floor retail devolpment but idk if that will ever happen as long as Ilitch Holdings Company has the rights to the building.

[Allan]

The Hughes and Hatcher photo should show up if you right click and select "show picture."

[Allan]

Sunday, October 24, 2004
Looking south down Brush Street towards the Renaissance Center.

[Allan]

Monday, October 25, 2004
The fall colors brighten up an otherwise dreary day at Chene Park, along the river near downtown Detroit. From the top of this berm, we get an interesting angle of the skyline.

[dnast]

Nice pics! Nice idea for a thread, too. Keep up the good work.

[Allan]

Thanks.

BTW, for those of you who are wondering, H & H is now dead. The next victim are the two little buildings next to the Freud. I guess I better get down there and take some pics of the Freud while there's still time.

[wolfdawg54]

The last picture is a really neat look at the Detroit skyline.

[Allan]

Tuesday, October 26, 2004
The entrance to the newly opened Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor on Detroit's east riverfront. Located in a gritty industrial area known as Rivertown, the park is part of an effort to clean up the area and make the riverfront accessible to all city residents.

[Allan]

Wednesday, October 27, 2004
A lighthouse on the Detroit River. Nearby, the Southdown Challenger brings cement to the Medusa cement silos near Tri-Centennial State Park.

[Allan]

Thursday, October 28, 2004
Woodward Avenue looking south, towards the river. The Woodward streetscape project is drawing to a close, as crews are installing the pavers on the sidewalks. The lofts at Merchants Row recently moved in their first tenant, and several leases have been signed for the retail space on the ground floor. Down the street, the renovation of 1001 Woodward continues as crews demolish several existing buildings for a new 10 story parking structure with ground floor retail.

[Allan]

Friday, October 29, 2004
The Kales Building's renovation into apartments is drawing to a close. Designed by Albert Kahn in 1914, the building originally housed the corporate headquarters of the Kresge Company, forerunner to the modern-day Kmart Company. After moving to their new headquarters on Cass Park in the 1930s, the name of the building was changed to the Kales Building. The building managed to hang on until 1986, when the last tenant moved out after the utilities were disrupted. The building sat vacant for nearly 20 years, until the current redevelopment came along. Kales Building Apartments

[Brother Ray]

Allan, on Oct 25 2004, 07:49 PM, said:

Thanks.

BTW, for those of you who are wondering, H & H is now dead.  The next victim are the two little buildings next to the Freud.  I guess I better get down there and take some pics of the Freud while there's still time.

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Better hurry, there is little left of it (Freud Bldg) and the steel frame is about to come crumbling down this afternoon!!!

[Allan]

Well I was about to head home for the weekend, but I will head downtown right now to take some pics. That is if the building can last about 40 minutes more....