The decisions leading to the elevator tower being built on the west side of the existing historic El Moore building is probably one of the most challenging design aspect of the entire renovation project. This podcast shares our design thinking that lead to the eventual design. It shows how triple bottom-line thinking can lead us …
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I was impressed this week by a map of the Cass Corridor made in 1971 by the Detroit Geographic Expedition Institute, a short-lived but influential coalition of citizen geographers. (Thanks to Detroitography for collecting and reproducing a smattering of the maps that the DGEI produced, and to Model D for helping spread the word about Detroit cartography this week.) There’s a lot …
Please join me in a conversation with Ted Berlinghof, the architect behind our El Moore project. Ted shares some of his insights regarding our grand castle and a particularly interesting story on how one would have previously been instructed to exit the building in case of a fire – just a clue, this method would …
During the first decades of the 20th century, the El Moore changed from a luxury building with eight large and luxurious apartments to a building that was subdivided several times. By the mid-1920s, there were almost 30 apartments (more like single or double rooms with shared bathroom facilities) in the same space. Things went from …
I’m told that it won’t be long, but then I’ve been told a lot of things over the years. But this time, I have reason to believe what I’m being told is the truth. I mean, look at me. I’m more than 100 years old, which may be young in Europe but definitely qualifies for senior …
What is a “district” in Detroit? What is a “neighborhood?” Informally, “neighborhood” and “district” are often interchangeable; more formally, and for official data collection and government agencies, districts in Detroit are more distinctly named. The El Moore is located in Midtown Detroit; is Midtown a neighborhood, an area, a district, or all of the above? …
In case you missed them, there were two interesting articles about the El Moore’s neighborhood that came out last week, one in Model D and one in the New York Times. Both are thoughtful takes on a subject that our readers will know well: the significant and ongoing changes that continue to mark life in Midtown, née the Cass Corridor. …
